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JSWolf · 11-21-2010, 12:26 PM

I have a Sony Reader PRS-650. It handles ePub with and without Adobe's Adept DRM.

Now, if I wanted to get a nook color, I could take all of the ePub I currently have and use them with the nook color without having to do anything to them. No need to convert, no left margin bug, nothing. I can use them as is if I want.

If I wanted an iPad, I could use them as is with Bluefire, txtr, or iBooks (since I've stripped the DRM).

I could buy a Pocketbook of some kind and my ePub are still good.

But really, there are more eBook shops selling ePub then any other eBook format these days. Library eBooks from Overdrive do not work on a Kindle so people who do not DRM strip cannot have library access with a Kindle.

So I do see more and more devices sold that give access to library eBooks and that excludes the Kindle. And that means those customers won't be buying eBooks from Amazon.

ePub has won. More devices, libraries, & more shops selling.

11-21-2010, 12:26 PM	#18
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,071 Karma: 147983159 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I have a Sony Reader PRS-650. It handles ePub with and without Adobe's Adept DRM. Now, if I wanted to get a nook color, I could take all of the ePub I currently have and use them with the nook color without having to do anything to them. No need to convert, no left margin bug, nothing. I can use them as is if I want. If I wanted an iPad, I could use them as is with Bluefire, txtr, or iBooks (since I've stripped the DRM). I could buy a Pocketbook of some kind and my ePub are still good. But really, there are more eBook shops selling ePub then any other eBook format these days. Library eBooks from Overdrive do not work on a Kindle so people who do not DRM strip cannot have library access with a Kindle. So I do see more and more devices sold that give access to library eBooks and that excludes the Kindle. And that means those customers won't be buying eBooks from Amazon. ePub has won. More devices, libraries, & more shops selling.