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Originally Posted by Robertb
The formats are not yet set. We know it will have eReader and books can easily be downloaded from Fictionwise. We are negotiating with Mobipocket/Amazon but they want exclusivity. It will, of course, also have TXT, PDF, RTF, HTML/CHM.
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There probably is a market for eReader on E-Ink, but MobiPocket is where the action is. For many of the members here, compatibility with MobiPocket reader software would be enough (i.e. not pre-installed and not supported by MobiPocket, but known to work). However, you would then be missing integration with Desktop MobiPocket Reader's device management. This is worth something for device sales, but it is worth much more to MobiPocket in e-book sales. So I am surprised that they are asking for exclusivity on a WinCE based device when they freely offer Windows Mobile, Pocket PC and (unsupported) WinCE versions.
At the risk of putting too much in one post, I also suggest supporting
µBook. This is likely to be significantly better than your OEM's software for HTML/CHM, TXT, RTF formats and it also supports PML, PDB (not sure which ebook formats) and DRM-free PRC (MOBI). If you can't get MobiPocket's ok for its reader, then µBook is even more important - because it provides DRM-free PRC support just like the Kindle. So you would have eReader for DRMed ebooks, and PRC for non-DRMed ebooks.