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Old 12-06-2009, 07:09 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by dmaul1114 View Post
All this format non-sense has to be sorted out before the devices can go mainstream anyway.

Multiple formats don't work in the mainstream--see Blu Ray killing off HD-DVD etc. So buy the time eReader devices are mainstream, it will be moot as there will be one format for books that's won out and no one will have to worry about knowing the names of formats etc.

Otherwise, they'll remain niche market devices as they're just to complicated for mass success now--beyond people buying a Kindle or Sony and only getting books from the attached store--in which case calling them eReaders won't confuse the owners anyway.
eReader devices will handle eReader format. But as we know now, most eink reading devices do handle ePub. So as far as formats go, if it's not ePub compatible, it's going to lose in the long-run.
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