Thread: Barnes and Noble Nook press conference in NYC (report)
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Old 10-20-2009, 11:56 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Superlucky View Post
Ugh. Will we ever see a format that we can buy anywhere and use on any dedicated reading device?
If and when all parties decide to support one ebook format. Right now, that looks to be ePub, but support is far from universal.

One big issue is getting it as part of publisher's workflows, so creation of an electronic edition happens automatically as part of the process. Most publishers use Adobe InDesign to do markup and typesetting, generating PDFs which go to the printer to create plates. InDesign will output ePub, but currently does not do it well.

One of the folks at the announcement was Bill McCoy, Adpobe's General Manager, Digital Publishing Business. He stated that a point release of InDesign with better ePub support was on the way, which will be a boon.
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