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[Kris777]

Interesting article in OhmyNews:
http://english.ohmynews.com/articlev...84990&rel_no=1

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Tim O'Reilly recently suggested in Forbes that "Unless Amazon embraces open e-book standards like EPUB, which allow readers to read books on a variety of devices, the Kindle will be gone within two or three years." He compared Microsoft Network with the "primitive web" in 1994 and concluded then that "it's not the Microsoft Network that is going to deliver that information economy. It's the World Wide Web."

He recognises that "the Amazon Kindle has sparked huge media interest in e-books and has seemingly jump-started the market." There could be space for more than one format but there is certainly scope for EPUB, especially outside the USA where the Kindle is just not available.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/22/kin...s_oreilly.html

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