Re: ebook reader market share report

>>>>> "Marcello" == Marcello Perathoner <marcello-ULrl/Sucve/[email protected]> writes:

    >>> The epub downloads from PG are nearly twice the mobi
    >>> downloads.
    >>  Could that be because the mobis you generate are still
    >> generally more defective than the epubs?

    Marcello> The KF8 format is quite as capable as epub, in fact it
    Marcello> *is* epub, only wrapped in a palm database instead of a
    Marcello> zip file. The Kindle reader is also quite capable, in
    Marcello> fact it is Adobe DE branded as Kindle. In fact Amazon
    Marcello> could have switched to epub instead of botching KF8, but
    Marcello> chose to be deliberatley incompatible to the rest of us.

    Marcello> It could also be that Kindle files are twice the size as
    Marcello> epubs, or that is is practically impossible to get free
    Marcello> files on the Kindle Fire.

Are the current mobi at PG in KF8 format? (not only the current ones,
also the legacy ones) If so, is the PG epub in KF8 equivalent to PG
epub, or equivalent to the old dumbed-down mobi?

And even if this is true, many PG kindle users might remember that PG
mobi was inferior to PG epub.

In any case, PG users and PG books are a different universe than
amazon customers and amazon books, so completely different statistics
are to be expected.

Carlo
 

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