Thread: Sony Reader Lives on with Rowling!
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Old 06-27-2011, 12:11 PM   #166
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Mobipocket was obsolete the day ePub came out and it's time for it to just die and go away. If that happens, ePub will be the format. But if Amazon does go ePub, I hope they don't decide on a different DRM.
Different than whom? B&N? Sony/Adobe? Ugh. B&N made ePUB a sort of one-step-forward two-steps-back sort of thing by choosing their own DRM. And the door is wide open for Amazon to do the same if they go ePUB.

Rowling has stated in the PR that the main reason for her putting the books on Pottermore is to guarantee availability for all Readers. Indeed, the Kindle question came to mind for me immediately as well.

This is the first real opportunity for a someone to have major influence on universalizing the industry. She could, potentially, force Amazon to support ePUB, maybe even starting a change to the format at large. She could also force everyone to a single, common DRM. Or she could just offer Reader-specific versions of the books (Nook version, Sony version, Kindle version, etc.).

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