Thread: Astak Mentor eBook readers with WiFi and Touchscreen (read-only)
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Old 07-08-2008, 09:38 PM   #578
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
What the availability of eReader books compared to Mobipocket/Amazon/Sony? Does anyone know. eReader seems to have the least restrictive DRM, but do they have the same amount of books as some of the others? BOb
So here's a problem with eBook reading software. There is "old" Mobipocket DRM and "new" Mobipocket/Kindle DRM. The old DRM can't read copyrighted books compiled for the Kindle because Amazon changed the DRM scheme they use with the Kindle. Apparently, Amazon isn't licensing the new version of Mobipocket with the Kindle DRM to outsiders. BooksOnBoard warns people that the Mobipocket formatted books they have will not work on the Kindle, so there seems to be some problem.

The trouble with sources for eBooks poses another problem in counting the number of current releases available. Amazon is the only source for the new Kindle DRMed stuff, but there are numerous bookstores on the WEB selling eReader books and books using the old Mobipocket DRM scheme. I've discovered that competition has its advantages. For example, I've found books at one store that I couldn't find at another site, and several prices for the same title at different shops.

In the end, eReader simply has a different business model than Amazon. Of course, that's something else that Amazon can change if they choose to. So far, apparently no one knows how it's all going to shake out.
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