Originally Posted by Redcard
The ePub isn't the problem. EPUB is easy, open, and codable. If the Amazon kindle tomorrow could read EPUB, then you still won't have library books. For the Kindle to have library books, Amazon would have to license the DRM from Adobe, and pay either a flat fee or a "per item" fee (this would be gathered likely from diagnostic data from Kindle users after one year.) They likely would also have to license the overdrive technology as well.
See, here's the problem.
MOBI is Mobipocket.
EPUB is EPUB.
PDF is Adobe PDF.
RTF is Microsoft.
Now, those on their own COULD BE open to all platforms. There's not much problem there.
What the problem is , though, is that library books aren't JUST Epub.
EPUB is the container. Inside the container is a locked box with Adobe and Overdrive holding onto the keys. That box doesn't NEED to be locked, just in the case of Overdrive it is. If you buy an EPUB book from Apple, you need Apple's key to unlock it. If you buy an EPUB book from Sony, you need Sony's key. If you check out a book from the library, you need Overdrive and Adobe's key.
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