Thread: Sony Reader Lives on with Rowling!
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Old 06-27-2011, 12:40 PM   #168
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Originally Posted by EatingPie View Post
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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You have a much different opinion of Rowling's sphere of influence than I do.

The Harry Potter eBooks will, I predict, sell well and will make her a tidy bit of money. The idea, however, that a single set of ~7 books will "force" Amazon, B&N, Adobe, Sony, and Kobo to do X is very unlikely in my opinion.

IIUC, she doesn't need to offer more than two "reader-specific" formats if she continues to avoid a "locking" DRM in favor of her "tracing" DRM (i.e., the watermarks). ePub and Mobi would, I believe, cover all the readers on the market.
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