Thread: GOODEREADER announces crowd-funded 'ULTIMATE 6" EINK READER'!
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Old 12-20-2015, 01:02 PM   #251
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I was using the word "independent" as meaning "not linked to a particular bookstore". I'd class readers sold by companies like Bookeen, Pocketbook, Onyx, etc, as "independent", as opposed to Amazon, Kobo and B&N, who sell readers primarily as a vehicle through which to sell content from their respective bookstores.

The last I heard, Adobe were charging about US$70,000 for an ADE licence, which is a big obstacle for a small company, which probably goes at least some way to explain the recent proliferation of Android eInk devices.
Except those Android E-ink devices are ADE licensed (or at least the ones I saw were).
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