View Single Post
Old 11-27-2009, 10:14 AM   #24
Connallmac
Transplanted NYer
Connallmac ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Connallmac ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Connallmac ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Connallmac ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Connallmac ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Connallmac ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Connallmac ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Connallmac ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Connallmac ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Connallmac ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Connallmac ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Connallmac's Avatar
 
Posts: 455
Karma: 520286
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Eastern IN
Device: Kindle Fire HD 8.9", Kindle Fire HD 7", Kindle Touch
Quote:
Originally Posted by krazy4katz View Post
So, I guess I am one of those people who doesn't understand about epub and I am curious. Why is it better than other formats? Either way, books will have drm, won't they?

Thanks,

k4k
I think that for the near future you are correct, most of the files sold by the big retailers (Amazon, B&N, Sony, etc) will have some sort of DRM. Until we can progress at least to the point where DRM has morphed into social DRM (with say a watermark on each file) I think that the file type is more or less a moot point. It doesn't matter if my Kindle can or can't handle the same file type that someones nook can if they are locked up by a restrictive DRM. Besides, I imagine that it would only take a firmware update of most ereaders to support whichever file type were to become dominant.
Connallmac is offline   Reply With Quote