I don't believe any of these standards will last terribly long, and I don't want to give any standards MORE gravitas that would allow them to keep new ones from developing.
So by that logic, Michael, I guess PG shouldn't have been so .TXTcentric for so long. You can't and shouldn't freeze standards absolutely, but can at least work toward graceful evolution.That's what ePub is about. It isn't perfect, but we're better with it than without it. My own idea of nirvana remain a world where most everything is available in nonDRMed ePub. If the larger publishers won't listen about encrypted books, then smaller rivals may well come along with easier-to-enjoy alternatives. Anyway, I have a choice between doing my work and wasting time replying to some rather surrealistic misstatements here. I choose the former. But meanwhile I'm pleased that PG is offering ePub, which can, yes, slug it out which the other formats in the best Darwinian tradition. David TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home http://www.teleread.org