Thread: Breaking news!!!!! Sony to sell Epub only
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Old 08-13-2009, 04:48 PM   #254
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Originally Posted by vivaldirules View Post
I have several questions which I don't think could or should be answered here. I'll go mine the threads elsewhere and find them. But just to let you know how stupid I am (and maybe others can see if they are similarly confused), they are:

1. So what is Adobe epub? I thought I knew what epub was and I know there is a DRM'd version of it. Is Adobe epub the DRM'd version? Does Adobe "own" the DRM methodology for it? Are there are other epub DRM schemes? Or do I somehow have this confused with Adobe Digital Editions (which I thought was completely unrelated to epub although both can be read on your PC use ADE)?

2. So who sells epub books right now? I thought I had read someone say that "all the big regional ebook vendors sell epub" but I can hardly find any epub books anywhere except for the free ones via Google. Fictionwise doesn't seem to sell any. Books on Board has some. Are there are other big vendors out there?

3. Conversion from other unsecured formats into epub. I know there's an entire forum devoted to this and I'll just have to plod may way through it.

I have my fingers crossed that a firmware update by Sony for the 505 will significantly improve the rendering of epubs. And I have other fingers crossed that my existing LRF and LRX books will remain readable, for a while at least.
1. Adobe owns the DRM scheme and Adobe Digital Editions is a rendering program that supports this DRM scheme as well as both ePUB and PDF files using this scheme. Of course ADE also supports standard ePUB and PDF files without any DRM. ADE adds some features to ePUB and does not support some others.

2. There are lots of ePUB sources. Fictionwise does offer ePUB in their multiformat books. Check the wiki for eBooks stores. There are lots stores that support ePUB. It is arguably the most popular format in Europe.

3. Calibre can convert to ePUB as can some online services such as feedbooks. See the ePUB article on the wiki for more details.

I suspect Sony will support BBeB books for the foreseeable future.

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