Well, regarding point 1, no it isn't and yes it is.
In the strictest definition, the one made by Palm when setting up PalmOS, it most definitely is *NOT* an ebook format.
However, both Mobipocket (.prc) and eReader (.pdb) have built their ebook files around the .prc/.pdb resource and data file structures and have released enough (can we say *FLOODED* here?) ebooks that many people who don't have or routinely use PalmOS devices make the assumption that the .prc and .pdb file structures *ARE* ebook formats. Sorry, but that's just the way it goes.
Look at Webscriptions and Fictionwise, they both offer ebooks in, what they term, the 'Mobipocket .prc ebook format'. They don't go around sticking up an explanatory paragraph saying that what they *really* mean is they offer ebooks in either text or html format bundled into a PalmOS .prc resource database file structure. In some ways this is like unto whether one should say Kleenex (R) or kleenex - except that Palm never insisted upon enforcing the original definition (trademark) and there's no going back.
Derek
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Originally Posted by rlauzon
1. PRC is not an eBook format. It's a Palm Resource file (and it's probably mis-named since it should be a .pdb).
2. DRM has no value to the consumer. DRM makes content worth less to the consumer. So saying that a device supports DRM is certainly NOT a selling point.
So, why buy a Kindle if you already have a PDA?
Even if you don't have a PDA, why would a Kindle be more vaulable?
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