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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
I doubt they'll be around long term.
I wouldn't be surprised if Fictionwise became some kind of publishing/distributing arm and handled only the Multiformat books or something. Note that some places they're calling eReader a "legacy format". Since B&N is going to be switching to ePub for their store supposedly it makes one wonder about the long term for eReader.
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I've seen this, too. It makes me sad, but I suppose this is how progress works. Peanut markup language is getting pretty long in the tooth, and moving everyone to an open standard (regardless of DRM scheme) seems like the smart move. I just hope that B&N allow us eReader legacy folks to either convert our purchases or continue reading them on future devices. More than a few of my eReader-formatted books are ones I read over and over again. I'd hate to buy them a fourth time (first in paper, then for eReader, then for Sony), but I suppose that's the risk you take with these things.
I did preorder a nook, mostly so I could get some sort of guarantee to receive one. I remember when the Kindle came out, how quickly they sold out and the months people were waiting for theirs. This device is the one I wanted 5 or 6 years ago, when I first heard of e-ink. Everybody has different needs, and this one fits mine pretty much to a T. I can, however, fully understand those who say it *doesn't* fit their needs. "One size fits all" doesn't exist.