tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32034557.post3150847499803343302..comments2019-10-09T07:05:16.915-05:00Comments on Erotic Romance: Amazon and Mobipocket Get Hard (Hardware, that is)veingloryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03709708573358649383noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32034557.post-4469451929848646552007-09-09T11:22:00.000-05:002007-09-09T11:22:00.000-05:00*shakes head* It's bad enough that epublishing is...*shakes head* It's bad enough that epublishing is going through growing pains, but when big companies start limiting customer choices.....<BR/>I don't buy ebooks from Amazon. I do buy print from them. If I want an ebook, I go to the publisher.<BR/>And now that I know better, I'll get most of my print books directly from the publisher as well.<BR/>I prefer Adobe, though that's just because I started with that form. Everything else is confusing to me.Jennifer McKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613714863799177911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32034557.post-92184046412075394012007-09-08T19:17:00.000-05:002007-09-08T19:17:00.000-05:00You quoted the news article as saying:"instead of ...You quoted the news article as saying:<BR/><BR/>"instead of using the open e-book<BR/>standard backed by Adobe it will use proprietary 'Mobipocket' software. This means that the e-books to be available as downloads on Amazon.com will only work on their reader."<BR/><BR/>Is she saying that the e-books will contains some sort of DRM that will make them only readable on this new reader? Because otherwise, this statement doesn't make any sense. Mobipocket is a <A HREF="http://www.fictionwise.com/help/ebook-formats-FAQ.htm#mobiformats" REL="nofollow">cross-platform format</A>, available in a number of e-book readers. Not as ideal as an open e-book standard, but Adobe is hardly the person to tout as a leader in such matters, since its Adobe Acrobat format is most assuredly a proprietary format.<BR/><BR/>As for CreateSpace, it doesn't have an e-book option for the simple reason that Amazon only sells Mobipocket e-books, so Mobipocket takes care of the job of arranging for Mobipocket-formatted e-books to be sold at Aamzon. Self-publishers can go through that <A HREF="https://www.mobipocket.com/ebookbase/en/Homepage/pub_info.asp" REL="nofollow">process</A>, incidentally.Dusk Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17240494243900782524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32034557.post-56914282651434811572007-09-08T18:21:00.000-05:002007-09-08T18:21:00.000-05:00Seems to me the easiest thing would be to browse o...Seems to me the easiest thing would be to browse on Amazon, then order what you want direct from the publishers' websites. You get the format you want, and Amazon gets the cornholing it seems to be begging for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32034557.post-68662733494740440122007-09-08T16:46:00.000-05:002007-09-08T16:46:00.000-05:00p.s. more on big companies becoming even bigger co...p.s. more on big companies becoming even bigger companies, Authorhouse and iUniverse have officially merged under the banner of Author Solutions.Emily Veingloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709708573358649383noreply@blogger.com
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