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The author points out that the eBook market is becoming increasingly fragmented. "I am troubled," he writes, "by the large and growing number of essentially incompatible, proprietary consumer ebook formats and associated ebook reading applications and hardware." In response, he proposes that publishers adopt The Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS) as a universal eBook language. In support of this position, the author outlines seven requirements for a universal consumer eBook format and argues that OEBPS satisfies these criteria.CRLF

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