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Originally Posted by HarryT
Indeed, yes. My only point is that "more" does not necessarily equate to "better"  . |
Can't argue with that.
Won't argue with that. (I'm still making the effort to stay on the "better" side of the line!)
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Originally Posted by sea2stars
I think you missed my point. Like the majority of media publishers(TV, web, etc), they aren't trying to adapt to new technology. They're doing their best to block and avoid dealing with it.
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But that is exactly my point: Knowing this is the case, advertisers need to step in, to make the tough choices for the publishers and force them to deal with the new technology.
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Originally Posted by sea2stars
I agree that advertisers should get involved. I'm just not sure how they could help guide the industry into a more cohesive form; with all of the available proprietary formats and devices. It's not like mp3 players, or VHS vs Beta Max, or Bluray vs HD DVD, or cable vs satellite. Eh. Maybe if they helped Sony, Bookean and Amazon to better market ebooks and readers in the first place then that might be a start.
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It really doesn't matter which combination of formats and players they pick... just so they pick one, and get everyone to run with it. Granted, hopefully it'll be something closer to ePub than "Fred's personal e-book reader dingus," especially since something like ePub can be converted to other formats by the user, it is based on open standards and not proprietary at all.