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Originally Posted by brecklundin
right now I think the biggest issue is the "Company Store" trend in ereading devices and book formats. If you are not from the US then here is info on what "Company Store" means (and other names which might be more familiar because every country has had it happen and some still have it happening):
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To be fair, thought, there are some trends in the opposite direction, such as Sony's move away from its own proprietary format to ADEPT encrypted EPUB. The latter is still proprietary, of course, but if that format is supported by practically every device except the Kindle, it does repudiate the company store concept. Better yet, there is the movement, still nascent, to drop DRM altogether. OReilly, Smashwords, and Fictionwise multi-format books are, hopefully, bellwethers in this regard.
Luqman