Thread: Breaking news!!!!! Sony to sell Epub only
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Old 08-14-2009, 11:23 PM   #325
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
This is tough for those remaining PRS-500 owners, but strategically I think it's clearly the right thing to do. Kudos to Sony.
I can see where it might turn the tables on Amazon, assuming that the name of the game is selling ebooks.

Before this move, Amazon + Kindle + iPhone was probably the largest self-contained ebook market. But now, Sony + Everything Not Amazon is potentially the largest ebook market.

It's almost like the Greek city-states against the Persian empire, where Athens was the dominant city-state.

The next move from Sony might be to open their reader to other DRM schemes. I think that would force Amazon to open up the Kindle, and also to let Amazon books be read on any device.

This won't solve the DRM mess, but it will ease things a bit.
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