The Universe of eReaders and eBooks
The ruling from the Library of Congress provides DRM circumvention exemptions for the ebooks this way: Literary works distributed in ebook format when all existing ebook editions of the work (including digital text editions made available by authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent the enabling either of the book’s read-aloud function or of screen [...]
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ZDNet’s Jason Perlow has recently written a piece arguing that Amazon’s lack of willingness to adopt ePub ebook format is the ‘final barrier for Kindle adoption’. His argument is based on the issue of content standardization. We know that ePub has been set as the industry standard ebook format by IDPF, and Apple, Sony, B&N [...]
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Like Kindle, B&N have decided to open up self-publishing for Nook. It’s called PubIt. It will be available from this summer. To publish for Nook you need to open an account with B&N. There are some requirements, and it’s U.S.-only: A BN.com login, which you can create on the spot if you do not already [...]
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i♥cabbages who happens to crack the kindle DRM with the program litled “unswindle” has also recently been able to circumvent B&N’s EPUB DRM. He writes, on his blog: The basic idea behind the B&N EPUB scheme is the same as that used by the ill-fated eReader format B&N acquired – step 1: generate an encryption [...]
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Instapaper, the famous bookmarking tool for kindle has already rolled out, but now still you can read your preferred blogs on kindle through USB transfer. Additionally, it now offers content in ePub format since many readers like Sony Reader supports ePub. TechCrunch reports the problem with Instapaper kindle support: There were a number of problems [...]
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