Comments on: ‘No Kindle Exclusivity for Readers of Harlequin, Simon & Schuster, Random House, or Hachette Books,’ says Jane http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/no-kindle-exclusivity-for-readers-of-harlequin-simon-schuster-random-house-or-hachette-books-says-jane/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/no-kindle-exclusivity-for-readers-of-harlequin-simon-schuster-random-house-or-hachette-books-says-jane/comment-page-1/#comment-633483 Mike Cane Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:35:41 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/11/20/no-kindle-exclusivity-for-readers-of-harlequin-simon-schuster-random-house-or-hachette-books-says-jane/#comment-633483 Here, I'm surprised you didn't highlight this para: >>>Every one of our partners (Sony, Amazon, eBooks.com, etc.) will only be receiving the .epub format from us. We will not be doing any special proprietary conversions for anyone, which includes the Kindle. It will be up to each partner to convert to whatever proprietary format can handle the .epub format and or push their technology partners to update their software to read an .epub file. We expect there to be some confusion in the marketplace for awhile as the reader formats (Adobe, Mobipocket, Microsoft Reader, Sony, etc.) update their software packages to render the .epub format and consumers download the new software. Here, I’m surprised you didn’t highlight this para:

>>>Every one of our partners (Sony, Amazon, eBooks.com, etc.) will only be receiving the .epub format from us. We will not be doing any special proprietary conversions for anyone, which includes the Kindle. It will be up to each partner to convert to whatever proprietary format can handle the .epub format and or push their technology partners to update their software to read an .epub file. We expect there to be some confusion in the marketplace for awhile as the reader formats (Adobe, Mobipocket, Microsoft Reader, Sony, etc.) update their software packages to render the .epub format and consumers download the new software.

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/no-kindle-exclusivity-for-readers-of-harlequin-simon-schuster-random-house-or-hachette-books-says-jane/comment-page-1/#comment-633468 Mike Cane Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:13:24 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/11/20/no-kindle-exclusivity-for-readers-of-harlequin-simon-schuster-random-house-or-hachette-books-says-jane/#comment-633468 No shorts? Jason won't be happy: http://mikecane.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/jason-starrs-got-a-short-story-for-sale-on-amazon/ No shorts? Jason won’t be happy:

http://mikecane.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/jason-starrs-got-a-short-story-for-sale-on-amazon/

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