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Originally Posted by cassidym
Do you all think that Sony's recent firmware update that allows the 505 to read ePub and ADE books is a signal Sony is edging out of the eBook selling business and focusing more on eBook devices?
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I think Sony only got into the ebook selling business because they wanted to sell devices. They're a hardware vendor, not a content provider. They had to build an infrastructure to provide content, and acquire content to provide, in order to have things people could read on their devices.
Supporting ePub and ADE is a smart move longer term, as it broadens the content the Reader can display. You are no longer limited to what is available through Sony Connect, or through conversions you can find in places like MobileReaded. The question is timing. How soon will significant amounts of content in ePub and ADE format become available through third-party vendors, and will Sony stay in the business long enough for it to happen, or decide the experiment was a failure and pull the plug.
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Dennis