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Originally Posted by ThomasMcKean
Yes. It is very good news. Now all we need is the promised ereader support. But that is something I really can't complain about. Or if I do (or if anyone else does), it should at least be to the right people.
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Dear Thomas:
Dealing with Fictionwise (owners of eReader) alone was an easy and wonderful thing. We expected and saw no problem. Then, in an instant, Fictionwise got purchased by Barnes & Noble. Nobody saw it coming.
Suddenly 2 page contracts became 60 page contracts, prices went way up, and that horrible word "EXCLUSIVITY" started appearing. Exclusivity often means you cannot have more than one format on the device. Trying to get clarification is a 9 week event going thru B&N lawyers and you really cannot understand the clarification anyway as it is not clear (no offence intended towards B&N).
Please be aware that Astak has no control over things like this. Everybody seems to be buying up the smaller players and that changes all the rules.
We are still actively pursuing eReader and if enough lawyers get out of the way and talk plain old English we may still be able to make this work. It is frustrating for you, I know... but more frustrating for us. We WANT to provide it to you.