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Originally Posted by DougFNJ
Now he is publicly challenging Publishers to lower the prices on Ebooks as he releases his device that is built not just for music, video, and gaming, but in a big way trying to insert Apple into the competitive Ebook and Electronic Newspaper market.
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I do hope this gets publishers more serious about pushing content electronically.
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This is the part that I hope will be a game changer.
I think you'd be hard-pressed to find someone on these forums that would actively choose a backlit screen over e-ink but the admission that the iBook app will be selling/reading ePub is something that may change the electronic publishing landscape. Who knows--assuming the iPad blocks the Kindle app as "duplicating functionality" (and you can transfer ePubs you already own to the iPad)--maybe it'll push AMZN to look hard at the Kindle format and their licensing terms.
Optimistic me says after another 2 years we may be looking at reasonably priced, open-licensed ePub stores all over the place. And that can only be a good thing.