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Old 06-26-2011, 08:33 AM   #28
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Reread it. They did not claim it was available for Kindle. It's going to come out in one format. One format that can be read across devices. She wants to get away from the Kindle & B&N & Apple model of specific formats for specific devices only.

Those guys, Kindle & B&N & Apple, will have to get with the program and make sure their devices can read what their users will want in the format it's going to be in - epub. I think it's a great option myself. And JK Rowling certainly has the clout & power behind her to be able to do it.
The nook can read ePub sans DRM. So no problem with B&N. The iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch can also handle DRM free eBooks. Now I don't know if they will be compatible enough with iBooks, but one can get Bluefire or txtr and be fully compatible on an iOS device.

The Kindle is the only one left out in the cold at the moment. If Amazon doesn't get with ePub (properly, not like iBooks), they will be left out and big time left out.
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