Thread: Smashwords to Distribute to Blio and Public Libraries Via New Distribution Agreement
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Old 03-02-2012, 05:21 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
Neither.
http://kcls.helpserve.com/Knowledgeb...ablet-or-phone

Blio is derived from a Microsoft format (XPS) which has been ratified into a proper international standard overseen by ECMA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_XM..._Specification

Their PC app has so far been very Sony-like (Grandiose promises, modest delivery) but they continue to work at it, they continue to sign up big name supporters, and they're not short of resources.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechcons...he_future.html

It might realistically be more of a 2014/15 product but if it arrives by 2013 they may be a player. If ePub forking keeps splintering that market, Blio might just be in place to pick up the pieces when the dust settles.


Crap. Another non-compatible format?? WTF.
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