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I see now. Yep, it's the number one problem holding back e-book adoption in my mind. It's what David Rothman has dubbed the "Tower of e-Babel". It's a nightmare!
But I think it might be a bit much to expect Sony to fix all that. Fortunately, they at least support .txt and .rtf and non-DRM .pdf, so we at least have some options for content. Getting Sony to support other commercial formats of competitors would be nice, but sounds to me like a tough sell to Sony executives if they are serious about their own e-book sales at Connect. Kind of like trying to get Amazon to support Sony's BBeB and DRM is probably just not going to happen... I think they are already down to MobiPocket only.
It's definitely a black eye for the e-publishing industry and a real pain in the neck for consumers.
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