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Originally Posted by Daithi
I tend to agree with lunged. My guess is that they have have executives that are experts in the publishing and bookselling arena, but don't neccessarily understand the differences between formats such as ePub, eReader, and PDF. Nor do they fully understand how DRM is implemented into their business plan. Executives tend to ask questions like "Can we get this thing to work the iPhone?" and when they are told "Yes, but..." they stop listening after the word "Yes" and make some bad decisions.
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Actually what B&N is very smart. They have entered the eBook market and that is most important. Not only that but they have one of the larger client base than Amazon and Sony put together, the support BlackBerry/iPhone/PC/Mac. Now they have leverage.
As for the eReader vs ePUB, the biggest comparability issue is not the format but the DRM. Since they will keep the same DRM scheme changing from eReader to ePUB will be transparent, all they have to do is push an update and you have instant support to ePUB books and the process is hidden from the user.
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Originally Posted by wallcraft
The eReader DRM (encryption) is the most future proof ... You can save a copy of the file on your PC, and it will continue to work so long as you remember the name and CC number.
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Some good points wallcraft, also if you forget your CC you can always update the store you bought from with a new CC and redownload the book.
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Originally Posted by SteveK
...Thus, it appears that B&N uses a proprietary form of ereader, which only their software will read.
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B&N does not use a proprietary eReader format, I know myself and another user on this forum have successfully tested Fictionwise eReader format with B&N.
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