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Originally Posted by HarryT
No, that's not so. The ePub format is an open standard. There are, however, several different DRM mechanisms for ePub (at least three different ones), and each of these is proprietary.
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In real practice, the one most USA customer have or use, it is. Take for example B&N and their online books.
So in paper could be, but real life, it is not. So I don't see any clear advantage besides the rich formatting features.
In my opinion, of course, the problem is the DRM mechanism that companies have implemented.
If we could read our books the same way we play our mp3 files (with whatever device we want, regardless of where we bought the song) would be better for all of us, the end user, the reader.