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Originally Posted by Robotech_Master
I'm not too sure about that. A year ago, Steve Pendergrast was talking about how they were going to be adopting ePub format using the standard Fictionwise eReader DRM wrapper.
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That was before the deal between B&N and Adobe. At a minimum, this was a good negotiating ploy targeting Adobe. Having two DRM schemes for ePub would have been a bad idea. In a sense we have this, with AdobeID vs Adobe password, but having both supported from the same server is a big win for readers. Note that eReader's password/creditcard approach really is "social" DRM in the sense that it places no limits on the number of devices that can read the ebook, and it does not require remote authorization of each device. Also, in Adobe's implementation other providers do not have to use a credit card number - it really could in principle be any password.