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E-Books in ePub format actually being sold (BooksOnBoard)
I've just noticed that at BooksOnBoard, some eBooks are being sold in Adobe ePub format.
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06-20-2008, 03:09 PM | #2 | |
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This is what a lot of people were concerned about when ePub came out with no DRM standard -- standard contents in the file don't help much if the DRM scheme(s) still splinter the market. Jack |
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Yeah, one DRM scheme would be better than several. No DRM is preferable but so long as DRM-free ePub is an option I can live with a DRM scheme existing beside it.
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Who actually issues books in ePub format now? What can be used to read them? It may well become widely adopted, and become a standard in practice as well as in theory. It would be nice if something was adopted as a standard by everybody producing ebooks and gear to read them. But until that happens, whether a book is available in ePub format isn't a factor in my decisions. (The biggest boost to ePub I can think of at the moment would be Adobe choosing to support the format on the Kindle. I don't see that happening near term.) ______ Dennis |
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If Amazon ignores ePub, I think this will be a bad idea for Amazon. The 505 should have ePub sometime with the next firmware upgrade.
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But right now, my basic question is "Is the book I want available as an ebook, and if it is, is it available in a widely supported format I can read on whatever I happen to have handy?" I want to download content once, and read it on whatever I have at hand, so anything that restricts what I can use to read it loses. Right now, I like MobiPocket format, simply because I can read it on what I have. When there are ePub readers for a broad range of devices, and ePub format books to read on them, that will change. ______ Dennis Last edited by DMcCunney; 06-20-2008 at 06:16 PM. |
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By the way there are two purposes for the standard. One is for eBooks (end user) and the other is for publishing. The original publishing standard OEB is still in use by eBookwise, Mobipocket, and LIT. The new standard can also be used this way as evidenced by the fact that Mobipocket Reader on the PC can already import ePUB files and convert them to their proprietary format. By the way, Adobe is not the only one that can read books written in this standard although they currently seem to have the best support. Read the wiki for more details.
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