Jetbook Lite 0.15 is great

John1997 · 01-12-2010, 07:44 AM

It solved the problems I was complaining about with the JBL. I got engrossed in a book last night and read until well past my intended bedtime. The JBL is now a very nice reading experience.

Thanks to the folks at Ectaco for getting this out.

And has anyone noticed that Barnes & Noble books are now in pdb rather than epub? I had purchased and downloaded a book earlier and it came down in epub format. Last night I checked and was able to bring it down in pdb. I wasn't offered a choice, mind you, it just happened by default.

Interesting.

heffe2001 · 01-12-2010, 11:37 AM

Wow, I just tried that with a book I bought from B&N last month (Epub only), and it pulled down a pdb rather than an Epub. Wonder if that'll be the case for ALL B&N books now??

wallcraft · 01-12-2010, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by heffe2001

Wow, I just tried that with a book I bought from B&N last month (Epub only), and it pulled down a pdb rather than an Epub. Wonder if that'll be the case for ALL B&N books now??

I think it is, because the B&N BlackBerry app does not yet support ePub. When all their apps support ePub, I assume they will switch back to ePub.

Kris777 · 01-12-2010, 02:40 PM

Why they cannot sell ebooks in both formats - ePub and pdb?

wallcraft · 01-12-2010, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Kris777

Why they cannot sell ebooks in both formats - ePub and pdb?

They could do so, but so far as I can tell they are in a soft transition from eReader to ePub. There are advantages to a single format, and ePub seems to be that format for B&N. If you come back in 6 months, my guess is that there will be no eReader ebooks left at B&N. FictionWise and others will likely still be selling eReader, but at some point new titles will stop being converted to eReader and the format will die out.

Kris777 · 01-12-2010, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by wallcraft

They could do so, but so far as I can tell they are in a soft transition from eReader to ePub. There are advantages to a single format, and ePub seems to be that format for B&N. If you come back in 6 months, my guess is that there will be no eReader ebooks left at B&N. FictionWise and others will likely still be selling eReader, but at some point new titles will stop being converted to eReader and the format will die out.

It is not good for people who use blackberry and smartphones to read books in eReader format.

01-12-2010, 07:44 AM	#1
John1997 Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 80 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Jetbook Lite	Jetbook Lite 0.15 is great It solved the problems I was complaining about with the JBL. I got engrossed in a book last night and read until well past my intended bedtime. The JBL is now a very nice reading experience. Thanks to the folks at Ectaco for getting this out. And has anyone noticed that Barnes & Noble books are now in pdb rather than epub? I had purchased and downloaded a book earlier and it came down in epub format. Last night I checked and was able to bring it down in pdb. I wasn't offered a choice, mind you, it just happened by default. Interesting.

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heffe2001 Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 38 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle Voyage 3g	Wow, I just tried that with a book I bought from B&N last month (Epub only), and it pulled down a pdb rather than an Epub. Wonder if that'll be the case for ALL B&N books now??

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