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Which of the glut of formats out there will be the winner? Amazon and the other major players want to lock everyone else out with proprietary formats. Here’s to them not winning.
The proliferation of formats has been a source of confusion and frustration for consumers, but it has been mitigated by the fact that consumers can load their smartphones and laptops with software for the various formats (which most of the major companies give away).
While a printed book has a fixed form, an e-book can change its spots. Even though most software packages offer similar interfaces, subtle differences exist, and many buyers choose a reader platform based on how they want a book to appear.
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September 24th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
When I read these posts about eBook formats, I’m reminded of the Simpson’s episode where Bart and Homer are at the town dump. As they head to their destination they walk past areas labelled “Beta”, “VHS”, “DVD”, “Reserver for what replaces DVDs”. I can’t help but think the same thing is happening with eBooks.