Comments on: David Pogue: Barnes & Noble’s e-book effort still ‘1.0’ http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/david-pogue-barnes-nobles-e-book-effort-still-10/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Murray C Park http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/david-pogue-barnes-nobles-e-book-effort-still-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1118322 Murray C Park Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:45:05 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/08/06/david-pogue-barnes-nobles-e-book-effort-still-10/#comment-1118322 I doubt anyone wants a device that's tied only to B&N, but to still not have a single e-book device capable of handling the ereader format in mid-2009 is a disgrace. Sometime next year is just not good enough. I've bought hundreds of ereader books in recent years because in my opinion they have the fairest DRM scheme of all the formats. But it's been almost a year since I moved to an e-ink reader and the only way I can use all those ereader titles with e-ink is to crack the encryption and convert them to epub. Naturally I've stopped buying titles in ereader format and since many of the titles are not available in epub at Fictionwise I'm forced to buy elsewhere. It's a shame, I'd still prefer to do business with these guys, but they've just failed to get their act together in a timely fashion. I doubt anyone wants a device that’s tied only to B&N, but to still not have a single e-book device capable of handling the ereader format in mid-2009 is a disgrace. Sometime next year is just not good enough.

I’ve bought hundreds of ereader books in recent years because in my opinion they have the fairest DRM scheme of all the formats. But it’s been almost a year since I moved to an e-ink reader and the only way I can use all those ereader titles with e-ink is to crack the encryption and convert them to epub.

Naturally I’ve stopped buying titles in ereader format and since many of the titles are not available in epub at Fictionwise I’m forced to buy elsewhere. It’s a shame, I’d still prefer to do business with these guys, but they’ve just failed to get their act together in a timely fashion.

]]> By: Mags http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/david-pogue-barnes-nobles-e-book-effort-still-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1118268 Mags Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:57:42 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/08/06/david-pogue-barnes-nobles-e-book-effort-still-10/#comment-1118268 And another thing: how is a dedicated device tied to a single retailer a good thing for the consumer? And another thing: how is a dedicated device tied to a single retailer a good thing for the consumer?

]]> By: Mags http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/david-pogue-barnes-nobles-e-book-effort-still-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1118267 Mags Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:56:19 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/08/06/david-pogue-barnes-nobles-e-book-effort-still-10/#comment-1118267 I believe the unavailability of the Harry Potter books has nothing to do with the publishers but with the author, who, after all, owns the copyright. I believe the unavailability of the Harry Potter books has nothing to do with the publishers but with the author, who, after all, owns the copyright.

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