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Originally Posted by kaas
Actually, according to Adobe ( http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplatform...oken_link.html) the ipad will use a non adobe epub drm! Thus it is to be expected that other applications which allow the reading of adobe epub will be removed...
an excerpt:
"[...]Unlike many other ebook readers using the ePub file format, consumers will not be able to access ePub content with Apple's DRM technology on devices made by other manufacturers.[...]"
cheers,
kaas |
Well that depends entirely on Apple. They've been alot less strict recently when it comes to apps, they've also had some bad publicy on more than one occasion when it comes to app approval. People know about the kindle on iPhone app and will be expecting it on the iPad.
I also don't think they'll be expecting to pull in much money at all with eBooks. Music and video will continue to be the main focus I think with support for magazines and books thrown in to keep the publishers interested incase the world finally does go print free at some point
So who knows. Personally I'd settle for being able to read drm free epubs (I always strip the drm) in the iBook app but we don't even know if this is possible. It's just a waiting game atm to find out.