Thread: No ePub for PRS-500, but Sony offers $100 trade-in credit to upgraders
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Old 08-09-2008, 09:22 AM   #81
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Originally Posted by AprilHare View Post
... because Sony insists on these bizarre international border limitations.
A little OT of April's point about 500 updates, but it got me thinking. If where the Reader is sold is driven by where Sony has rights clearance to sell books, the addition of ePub might change that.

This update might put Sony in the "generic ebook" business not the current "ebook tied inextricably to the country-restricted bookstore / publisher business" which in-turn might encourage them to sell it where ever they like.

All speculation on my part, but I can see Sony not wanting to sell the Reader in a country if the customer can't get current books. Those markets would be limited to a small number of enthusiasts which probably wouldn't allow them to recover their marketing/support costs. If a supplier or suppliers of ePub books comes into being with international scope (e.g. something like CD or DVD availability) that may change their marketing plans.
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