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Originally Posted by stonetools
The point is that Apple (and Android) allow the booksellers to access the books on those platforms (Not sure about Blackberry).
Amazon, Kobo, B&N do not allow Ibooks on their devices. Dunno why that is, but there is an imbalance there.
Despite that , there are a lot of iOS devices out there. I would agree that Apple is not dominant now, but it is a major player.
AS is clear (except to those who don't want to admit), iOS is in a sense a more open platform than the one most favored here.
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AFAIK, iBooks could be read on the Nook or Sony or Kobo (or any epub reader) if Apple didn't put its Fairplay DRM on iBooks. In other words, it's is Apple that is keeping the off of others' devices. (Aside from DRM, I'm not sure how you would transfer the book, although I would assume you could transfer the file from iTunes).
i0S is a computer, and so its ability to run other programs makes it, in a sense, more open than a dedicated e-reader. But it's more open than a dedicated e-reader in the same way that my computer is more open than my radio - I can't play video on my radio, for example. I'm not sure how meaningful that is.