I have to hand it to the people at Sony. (Read their press release.)Â They’re charging into the eBook Revolution with their eyes wide open and market dominance in mind. After a few stumbles with outmoded attempts at DRM and proprietary formatting that were corrected with their adoption of the ePub format, they’ve gone on to embrace the flexibility and availability of the new technology by opening up their eBook offerings to the widest range of content: traditional publishers, small publishers and now independent authors.
Their press release says it all so I’ll quote right from it: “Continuing to deliver on its promise to provide customers access to the widest selection of content available, Sony today announced relationships with Author Solutions and Smashwords. Together with Sony, these companies will give independent authors and small publishers the opportunity to offer content through The eBook Store from Sony.” Read the full press release here.
This is cause for celebration, yah? and a signal for established publishers that it’s time to adopt the new business model.
