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Markup itself does not imply anything about features or functionality. More relevant is that both mobi and epub are derived subsets of...what's it called? Open eBook or something? That's where similarities or differences in features would come from. Last edited by ApK; 07-27-2011 at 02:54 PM. |
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The purpose of an e-Reader (hardware) and e-Book (software) is to replicate the book experience to some extent. I was responding to (what I read as) an attempt to deny this notion wholesale. The capability of e-Readers and e-Books are different than a standard paper book, but they are an evolution from that medium. We can resize text, change fonts, hold the device so we read in either portrait or landscape modes, etc. You can also stick the e-Reader in a ziplock bag, sit in a pool, and turn pages (my favorite feature!). But it's still based on paper books: we read sentences and paragraphs, in a specific font, sometimes with special formatting, and need to turn pages. To discuss things we love about paper books -- such as font choice -- and how they relate to electronic books is an important exercise, and does not make us "elitist" by any means. -Pie |
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I'm also not sure which technology is immature. That of e-Readers (hardware) or e-Books (software). Both can -- and will -- change with time. Web browsers and Web pages are incredibly more advanced than in the '90s, but the web in the '90s was still effective, useful and popular... and based on a unified formatting standard. -Pie |
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And this is indeed valuable...sometimes. But then reflowing, and adjusting fonts and lines to fit various screen sizes and various people's eyesight goes out the window. Other times, reflowing, and giving the user more control is more important. Maybe one day we'll have a single format and device that ideally accommodates both, but till then, I want the latter in my portable eink reader, and when I want the former, I'll look at a book. Or a PDF. I recall Bezos saying it was not the intent of the Kindle to try to out-book the book. eInk readers are a different reading experience. ApK Last edited by ApK; 07-27-2011 at 03:13 PM. |
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i'm glad the harry potter stuff is over. last movie. thank goodness. now this. hopefully everybody can move on with their lives.
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Lack of a universal standard has not affected my reading one bit. Neither do I expect it to. Don't get me wrong, it would be nice, but I think we're a long way from one. And when it does eventually happen, I look for ePub(3) AND mobi to both be left swinging in the breeze.
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http://www.bookpublishingsoftware.co...ketshare-0511/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20035277-1.html http://www.ghanavillage.com/showthre...stomer-Loyalty Where are you pulling YOUR info from, exactly? Last edited by ApK; 07-27-2011 at 03:59 PM. |
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No. The vast majority of typographic principles apply perfectly well to reflowable systems. The fixed layout offered by PDF only really comes into play qith regard to complex designs.
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