Thread: It is the Worst of Times for Reading EBooks
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Old 06-09-2019, 12:28 AM   #48
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
I do think that if someone is ever able to come up with a universal ebook reader, i.e. one that can grab an ebook from whatever ebook store you buy from as well as allowing side loading, then that will be a game changer, but I also think this would require cooperation from Amazon, Kobo, Apple, B&N and the myriad of other smaller ebook shops to agree on various interface standards and I think the odds of that are about the same as me winning the lottery.
But with respect to the format, ignoring DRM, aren't we there with EPUB? Ignoring amazon of course. So if there were some open source, free DRM that everyone could use, that might get them (excepting amazon no doubt) to use it.
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