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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Which flavor of ePub? DRM-free, Adobe's, B&N's, Apple's, Kobo's? 
Amazon's definately way ahead in the US & UK markets. I know some countries in Europe are heavily ePub (especially where watermarked ePub is used instead of other forms of DRM), but don't know how big digital reading is in many of those countries. |
Don't forget Intertrust's Fairplay epub.
http://www.intertrust.com/in-the-new...ent-protection
That makes five proprietary and one unencrypted epub mutants.
As to the other markets, most (if not all) where epub variants are "bigger" are smaller countries to start with and ebook penetration runs in the low single digits. Which is why Intertrust thinks there's room for them; no significant installed base to push back.
The only big market I know where Amazon isn't the majority format is Japan and even there they were still the single biggest player.