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Contents of The Messy Landscape of Formats

The Messy Landscape of Formats

• PDF
• Common, almost universal, binary format.
• AZW and MOBI
• DRM'ed /compressed XML format
• Used by Kindle (exclusively?)
• XPS
• XML Paper Specification, Microsoft, zipped XML, page based, fully-positioned layout intended for precise page fidelity
• Used by Blio (only)
• DAISY
• "THE" accessible format
• Used by ReadHear and other accessibility-oriented readers
• EPUB (now in version 3)
• International standard for reflowable text
• Read by most readers (EPUB 2)
• Exception: Kindle
• "Coincides" with DAISY
• (and various proprietary formats)