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blunty,
All good points. And I didn't know pBooks were generally created on Macs (tho I'm not surprised). Ironic, that now Mac userss feel left out by e-books, isn't it?
The rights issue is obviously a thorny one, demanding either a universally-accepted international rights agreement (shyeah, right) or some sort of access restriction system that will identify your location based on your IP address, deny certain countries and sell to others according to their negotiated rights agreement. The alternative is no system (I have the right to sell, you have the right to buy), and the sea-change that the internet has brought to international commerce could influence that.
The publishers have a right to be concerned about profits... e-books are likely to radically change their profit margins, and their very way of doing business, and many of them simply don't want to deal with it. They'll either wait until another company works out a business plan, and adopt it as best they can... stay the course, and probably downsize... or go under. That's evolution, and it applies in business as well as life.
Yes, if Sony wants to sell readers, they need to stock them... everywhere. And advertise and promote them, for heavens' sake.
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