Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
The MOBI/AZW3 format is just as much open as EPUB is.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
That's not so. Can you edit Mobi or AZW3 using just what comes with your OS? Nope. But you can ePub.
Yes, you can edit Mobi & KF8, but you need third party tools to do so. ePub just requires a text editor and a program that can ZIP/unZIP. So how can you say Mobi/KF8 is just as open when it's not?
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The real main reason that MOBI/AZW3 is closed is that Amazon has never released information on the format. Only by reverse engineering has anyone ever been able to create a file in this format, or by using Amazon and only Amazon tools. That is as closed as it gets. ePub is an open standard and well documented, available to all for free.
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