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Old 06-21-2011, 12:24 PM   #31
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AFAIK, all such devices render HTML. ePub is basically zipped html.

why not simply HTML?

That said, I don't care about formats, typefaces or colors: give me a good story and I'll pay for it. Though I suppose yours is non-fiction?...
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Old 06-21-2011, 01:44 PM   #32
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don't care about formats, typefaces or colors: give me a good story
I'm pretty sure that most people (perhaps all) enjoy a good story less when it's poorly formatted.
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Old 06-21-2011, 01:46 PM   #33
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why not simply HTML?
You might as well ask, "Why don't we have a standard?" (we do ... many of them) or "Why don't the manufacturers use the standards?" (they never do ... they make up new ones on the fly).
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Certainly not a universal metric, but this is an interesting quote from a writer's blog:

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sales have also dropped off about 15%, pretty much across the board. I was averaging 831 daily sales in May. So far in June, I'm at 725 a day. On Nook, I was averaging 50 a day. This month, I'm averaging 40.
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is AZW the same as Mobipocket? If not then I don't think you can say mobipocket is the most read format, if it is then yes you might have a claim.

but also it's not the most widely distributed and that is what I think JSWolf is referring to. What format are ebook stores around the world including the US and UK uisng? If the majority are using ePub then that is the most widely used.
I'm not sure how it is with the publishers out in the UK but all mainstream publisher are either on AZW or ePub here in the US, mobi is used on more obscure smaller publisher, self publishers and authors.
Yes, AZW is Mobi.
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Yes, AZW is Mobi.
so Azw is mobi with Amazon's own DRM similiar to Nookbook being an ePub with their own DRM?
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so Azw is mobi with Amazon's own DRM similiar to Nookbook being an ePub with their own DRM?
Yes. Note that Amazon owns MobiPocket. The DRM was originally exactly like that from MobiPocket (but from Amazon's servers), now the DRM is a bit different but the underlying format is still MOBI.
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