: Re: Which e-book formats to use to get a larger readership? I am self-publishing a free e-book which I make available in several formats: EPUB, online HTML, PDF. I create (using my own programming

If you are self-publishing, there is no reason not to offer both EPUB and MOBI formats to ensure that the final output looks the way you want it to on the respective readers(EPUB for iOS/Nook and MOBI for Kindle). Since you have the scripts to generate these formats from your XHTML source, you are set.

If you are going to publish through one of the channels, like Amazon/etc. then you would just need to submit your EPUB or MOBI file to their specifications. Once again, since you already have the scripts to manage this, this is a one-time setup.

I would avoid PDF, as it poses many potential problems with e-readers(embedded fonts, reflow issues, and page formatting come to mind). However, once again, there is no reason why you can't offer PDF(s) for sale as well, if you are self-publishing and self-hosting the files.

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: I think if you indicated somewhere (preface, end notes, first footnote) that the translations are all yours, you could either write the Arabic and then your translation, or write it in English

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