Hot on the heels of this week's annoncement of the Global Reader platform
adopting the IDPF ePub standard, O'Reilly's Andrew Savikas
revealed today that
- "through oreilly.com we will offer a select number of books as a bundle of three ebook formats (EPUB, PDF, and Kindle-compatible Mobipocket) for a single price -- at or below the book's cover price -- starting in early July."
- "these files (like all our PDFs currently for sale) will be released without any DRM, though we are exploring some custom watermarking options."
- "if you buy the PDF now, you'll receive the EPUB and Mobipocket versions as a free update once they're available in early July."
- "O'Reilly has agreed to sell select ebooks for the Kindle through Amazon."
Despite the fact that at least initially, only a few select titles will be available as multi-format e-books, this news must be the most beautiful music for every salivating e-book junkie. O'Reilly, you go!
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