http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/ Engadget Comments for Sony takes Reader openness one step further, will offer EPUB titles only http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/Aug 13th 2009 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/
It's products like these that I will support from Sony.]]>Aug 13th 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/
Just as an FYI, the early PS3s that had the built-in card reader could read Memory Stick, SD, and CF.]]>Aug 13th 2009 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/Aug 13th 2009 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/
Now if they (Sony/publishers) can continue to increase the range of books available to the point where it's actually better than my local library rather than much, much worse, I might consider buying the thing. It'll probably take a while but hopefully they will get there eventually... ]]>Aug 13th 2009 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/
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big news would be if amazon dropped their dumb AZW format and switched to epub.]]>Aug 13th 2009 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/
I loved Shortcover's selection, and they just announced compatibility with the Reader, so its great I have the added convenience.

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-S]]>Sep 21st 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/Aug 13th 2009 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/Check out Calibre. An open source e-book reader manager available for Linux and Windows, and I think Mac too. Doesn't handle DRM, but works pretty good for DRM free book management and conversion to and from a bunch of formats. It even has a nice RSS feed feature that downloads and builds an ebook of supported RSS feeds to automatically copy to your reader on connection. Not so great with pictures yet, but if you can copy the text to a file, it can convert to ePub, Mobi etc.]]>Aug 13th 2009 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/Aug 13th 2009 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/Aug 13th 2009 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/
Enjoy it while you can. What Amazon giveth, Amazon taketh away on request of the publisher. But the kindle is doubleplusgood eh.. ]]>Aug 13th 2009 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/
If your book is DRM-free, you can probably find software to convert it to audio, then put it on your MP3 player.]]>Aug 13th 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/Aug 13th 2009 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/Aug 13th 2009 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/Aug 13th 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/
The Reader can't display ePub titles fully justified, so you're stuck with left-aligned text the whole way through the book. ]]>Aug 13th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/Aug 13th 2009 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/Aug 13th 2009 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/Aug 13th 2009 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/Aug 13th 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/Aug 13th 2009 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/
How is this any better? Oh, my, but t but the format is an open format now. Whoopty-Sh!t.

We all KNOW that book DRM needs to be more robust as we move away from paper as the paper version were killing the industry as they could be shared without restriction! OMG! We saw publisher going out of business right and left! They need rescuing and fast!

******************** GET A LIFE SONY ********************]]>Aug 13th 2009 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/
Thank you so much for recommending calibre! I couldnt get sony's software running under windows 7 for my 505 and calibre runs awesome! Plus i get all my news on my reader now! Thank u thank u thank u!]]>Aug 13th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/
There is a forum section on Mobileread.com for Calibre, and the guy who wrote it is a regular contributor. Worth checking out for help with the more advanced stuff. ]]>Aug 13th 2009 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/
Everyone who is even remotely interested in reading ebooks should have it. I use it to create EPUBs that I can then read in FBReader on my Nokia n800. You have full control of the formatting options and the app itself includes presets for all sorts of mobile devices. ]]>Aug 13th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/
So I think this leaves out application like Stanza which supports EPUB for the ITouch/IPhone, which supports EPUB but not Adobe Adept EPUB.
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My Cybook supports Mobi, but I don't refer to it as supporting text or PDF, because the convention seems to be to describe it by the DRM enabled file format used instead of all the non DRMed file formats available. .

And what exactly is stopping an app being written to read DRM encumbered ePub files in an iProduct? May not be Stanza, but it is technically possible, unless there is some licensing restriction from having the Kindle software as the only DRM book format allowed. Unless Apple has some problem with this format that is, like it being able to read naughty books.. I have a mobi reader that even has a PID of it's own, so I could read DRMed books on my little Palm PDA if I so desire. So not exactly a technological barrier.]]>Aug 14th 2009 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/sony-takes-reader-openness-one-step-further-will-offer-epub-tit/
Super easy process!

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