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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Wouldn't bother me, but they're already claiming compatibility with all devices.
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Which in and of itself would be an odd claim, because even if you exclude Kindles, not
all devices can read Adobe DRM. It would almost HAVE to be a DRM-free mobi/epub/txt/PDF/lit/etc. download.
But the "all devices" claim will be written off as the newspaper quoting them wrong, I don't doubt. And they'll sell the books on Amazon just like everyone else. Why make their own life difficult when Amazon exists and is there to be used?
That's my prediction, anyway. That and 2 cents...
Also, this:
"It means we can guarantee people everywhere are getting the same experience," said Rowling, of her decision to go it alone. "[I am] lucky to have the resources to do it myself and am therefore able to do it right. It's a fantastic and unique experience which I could afford in every sense. There was really no other way to do it."
Is... I don't even know what to call it. It sounds like a newbie to the ePublishing industry hearing that OMG FRACTURED FORMATS and making some kind of grandiose claim that they're going to skate around all that to provide a perfectly homogeneous experience for the readers by The Power of Money!!
I don't want to be a snob about this, but that whole quote to me screams "ePublishing n00b is new at this". I mean, she's openly admitting that she's a late comer to the eREADING experience, but she's going to do something impossible -- EVERY READER, SAME EXPERIENCE -- in her first ePUBLISHING effort. Doubtful.
Good luck with that, Rowling, but if the goal is EVERY READER, SAME EXPERIENCE, then I don't think these bad boys are going to be out this year or, indeed, ever. Even if they
cram publisher defaults all over the books, some devices don't honor publisher defaults. What are you gonna do about those??
Publish them the way everyone else does and move on, would be my vote, but whatever.