Amazon’s Kindle Format 8 Snubs the EPUB 3 Party

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A key feature of EPUB 3 that Amazon is sacrificing on the altar of competitive advantage is support for the DAISY “digital talking book” specification, much enhanced and thoroughly consolidated within EPUB. While Amazon is clearly cognizant of the need for text-to-speech support on the Kindle, I see this lapse as a black mark on the company...

http://thefutureofpublishing.com/2011/10/amazon-kf8-and-epub-3/