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davidrothman · 08-30-2005, 08:42 AM

I couldn't agree more with your comments about the nonDRMed books in nonproprietary formats! A big question exists as to how representative the stats are of the industry as a whole, the reason the TeleBlog post included a question mark in in the headline. I'm just glad that both MobileRead and the TeleBlog are around to get at the truth. Why did it take so long for these stats from the Open eBook Forum (now the International Digital Publishing Forum) to become public? One detail: No, sales didn't drop, just the number of titles from the publishers surveyed. Either way, however, that's not the best news for e-books, which were supposed to encourage more diversity in titles. - David Rothman, for TeleRead.org

08-30-2005, 08:42 AM	#3
davidrothman Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 32 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA Device: Paperwhite, $50 Fire, iPad Air 2, Nexus 6, Kobo Aura H2O	I couldn't agree more with your comments about the nonDRMed books in nonproprietary formats! A big question exists as to how representative the stats are of the industry as a whole, the reason the TeleBlog post included a question mark in in the headline. I'm just glad that both MobileRead and the TeleBlog are around to get at the truth. Why did it take so long for these stats from the Open eBook Forum (now the International Digital Publishing Forum) to become public? One detail: No, sales didn't drop, just the number of titles from the publishers surveyed. Either way, however, that's not the best news for e-books, which were supposed to encourage more diversity in titles. - David Rothman, for TeleRead.org Last edited by davidrothman; 08-30-2005 at 08:46 AM.