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Originally Posted by Horemheb
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1. It is not possible to have one single e-book reader and read all e-books on it ...
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Its also not possible to run the same copy of Photoshop on every computer.
There are two models that function in the world today. One is market driven with vendors choosing formats (e.g. VHS vs Beta, Mac vs. Win vs Linux...). The other is government mandated standards (e.g. US broadcast TV channels, ...). Ebooks follow the former model. And when you really get down to it, the important ebook differences are not format but, instead, DRM. The two 800# gorillas are Adobe and Amazon. B&N is an also ran who has a small chance of becoming a significant player, but MobiPocket (remember, we're talking DRM here and not format) and the others are has-beens.
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2. There are territorial restrictions.
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This is
NOT and ebook issue, specifically. It applies to all books, electronic and paper. It should not be part of an ebook specific (DRM, availability, ...) discussion. True, the ebook distribution model makes this more evident. Probably 99.9% of those readers who have run into it with ebooks never realized it had existed since the invention of copyrights. Still, its not an "ebook problem".