http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/ Engadget Comments for Sony Reader Store goes 100% EPUB on Friday 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/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Dec 8th 2009 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Dec 8th 2009 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Dec 8th 2009 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Dec 8th 2009 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Dec 8th 2009 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Dec 8th 2009 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Dec 8th 2009 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/
As a Kindle 2 owner I'm hoping Amazon will enlighten themselves on using an open format...]]>Dec 8th 2009 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/
It's even better than that.. mp3 is still wrapped up in patents that won't be gone for a while yet (there's been all kinds of lawsuits thrown around by patent trolls).. epub is fully open.]]>Dec 8th 2009 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Dec 8th 2009 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Dec 8th 2009 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Dec 8th 2009 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/
Now that the open format is sorted (Amazon may be hanging on to their closed formats, but I suspect they'll have to abandon them eventually), book availability is the main remaining hurdle for me. Well, and it would be nice if the readers were a little better (=higher contrast and/or faster screen changes).]]>Dec 8th 2009 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/
The switch to ePUB is just one more reason to love the Sony readers. Really bummed that they killed off the 505, though. Best of the bunch, in my opinion.]]>Dec 8th 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/
Me too!]]>Dec 8th 2009 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Dec 8th 2009 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Dec 8th 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Dec 8th 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Nope. You can't buy from a web browser, only the sony ebook library software (which sucks, btw). Even if you got the book, you wouldn't be able to open it in one the android epub readers because I doubt any use ADEPT (Adobe's epub DRM).

Yay for DRM.

Of course, if you strip the DRM...]]>Dec 10th 2009 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Dec 8th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/
I was submitting my comment about DRM at the same time you did. :)]]>Dec 8th 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/
ePub format doesn't mean you can just copy the book around. It will still be DRM-protected, so you will read it on Sony approved devices. On the other hand, Sony allows up to 5 (or 6?) devices to use a purchased book on, including a PC, so you should generally be fine, even now.
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The only way is by breaking the DRM and then converting the files to Mobi.]]>Dec 8th 2009 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sony-reader-store-goes-100-epub-on-friday/Mar 3rd 2010 10:26PM