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ProfCrash · 01-31-2011, 12:59 PM

The Sony was out before the Kindle. There were other e-readers out before the Sony. I have no idea when the EPub/Mobi mess kicked off but I think it was about the time of the release of Kindle 1.

I do know that Sony did not use EPub initally, I have no idea what it used but it switched to EPub at some point in time.

I do know that BN and Kobo came into the game after the Kindle and chose EPub. BN using their own DRM and Kobo using ADE.

01-31-2011, 12:59 PM	#74
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	The Sony was out before the Kindle. There were other e-readers out before the Sony. I have no idea when the EPub/Mobi mess kicked off but I think it was about the time of the release of Kindle 1. I do know that Sony did not use EPub initally, I have no idea what it used but it switched to EPub at some point in time. I do know that BN and Kobo came into the game after the Kindle and chose EPub. BN using their own DRM and Kobo using ADE.