The forces "splintering" epub are those trying to create a captured market, not the
authors or publishers. Aside from those who get themselves trapped into exclusive deals,
the authors and publishers are in a position to offer their product outside of the DRM
walled gardens. And they do now, for the most part. As we all know it is not so hard to
free your purchases from any DRM (except Sony's), so this is not a problem you can lay
on the EPUB format itself.
Luck;
Ken
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