It was a fight between eReaders by Sony and Amazon that Google Books is now going to turn into an outright mugging. Two weeks ago Sony adopted the open EPUB format for its eBooks and various eBook Readers. (Once it’s downloaded the eBook is yours to read on any device you want.)
Now Google Books is going to offer its million-plus eBooks in the EPUB format. Read the full story at the Los Angeles Times.
Amazon, can you say: Painted ourselves into a corner? It’s going to be hard for Amazon to respond with its locked, Kindle-only proprietary format. There’s only one thing they can do. Adopt EPUB or die!
Now this is getting exciting, yah?
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