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Originally Posted by gastan
Android is not a "new standard". It is not a format. It is an operating system
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True. I'm saying we might be able to compromise on an OS as we head towards a format.
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Originally Posted by gastan
and I doubt very, very much if publishers had anything to do with its development. It was originally developed as a mobile phone operating system and most probably consideration for e-books never entered into the developers mind.
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True. And yet, Android might provide enough standardization for my college to adopt it as a standard ebook platform.
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Originally Posted by gastan
Android does not "appeal" to publishers. They still publish their books in their preferred format ... ePub, PDF, PBR, TXT, HTML, etc, etc, etc, ... and most likely give minimal thought to which OS the reading device will use (unless it is specifically for Kindle, of course).
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When I ask for digital review copies of text books, I don't get any of those formats. I get executables or plugins for web browsers. These access the publishers web site, and grab the book I want.
My experience is that the publishers want an executable so a 3rd party tool from a Russian web site will not strip their DRM as easily.
Andy