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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
No, but again - why should I be paying attention to a company bring in a PC app late, which does the minimum and still has all the hallmarks and DRM of the company's control freak nature stamped all over it?
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Y'know, I really don't see what "lateness" has to do with it, especially since the market really is still in a nascent stage. Each of the major players is "late" in one way or another, e.g.:
• Amazon is slow to make apps for PC's and smartphones, lending, PDF support, and getting public domain books in the store.
• Sony is way behind on wireless access, TTS, lending, self-publishing and large screened ebook reader.
• B&N is way behind in general, and specifically with international, self-publishing and TTS.
There's lots more, but the main point is that each of them is behind in some fairly useful respect or another. And each is worth paying attention to because they all bring different aspects to the game. And like it or not, Amazon has brought several innovations (wireless, TTS, self-publishing, large screens, international) and tons of attention to the realm of ebooks.
As to "control freakdom," I expect B&N will need to run some interference in order to keep track of distributing, lending and syncing books between so many different platforms. I can see why you might not be crazy about that aspect, but you do get some tangible rewards in return.