Quote:
Originally Posted by spec2
I suppose it's just the human nature of wanting your "team" to win. The unfortunate part is that there are too many eReader owners that think their platform = a team. It's too bad the fans of eBooks can't come together to "fight" for a universal format instead of over which platform is best.
|
very well said, and i agree completely. it's a bit like the trees obscuring the forest.
Quote:
To me what would really improve the whole eBook experience and bump sales would be:
1) the ability to read your paid eBooks in ANY reader, Kindle, Sony, etc. Most d/l'd music is going the way of "invisible" DRM, why not eBooks too? Give people the piece of mind their paid book will work in whatever eBook they might have in 5 years.
|
actually, music is finally going the way of "NO drm", and it's about time. i'm just hoping ebooks won't take as long as music did to get there. write to publishers !
Quote:
|
2) the ability, for at least the original owner, to transfer the book to someone else, just like a real book.
|
yes, those are much more important issues than the choice of a reader right now. if everyone put this much energy into pushing publishers for more ebooks, with no drm, at a cheaper price, and using a standard format (epub), then EVERYONE would benefit, whether they prefer reading on a kindle or a sony or cybook or nokia 800 or...