Comments on: Irex goes with Barnes & Noble http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/irex-goes-with-barnes-noble/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:30:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Felix Torres http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/irex-goes-with-barnes-noble/comment-page-1/#comment-1133946 Felix Torres Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:10:04 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=27385#comment-1133946 Ms Reader is supported by the Hanlin ebook readers. It is treated as a second-class citizen as it is has a range of known bugs and parsing issues that have gone un-addressed for a year or more but it is supported. If iRex is going to provide decent MS Reader support (Including the dictionaries) I might have to give the thing a look... Without it I wouldn't give it a second glance. Ms Reader is supported by the Hanlin ebook readers. It is treated as a second-class citizen as it is has a range of known bugs and parsing issues that have gone un-addressed for a year or more but it is supported.
If iRex is going to provide decent MS Reader support (Including the dictionaries) I might have to give the thing a look…
Without it I wouldn’t give it a second glance.

]]> By: Alan Wallcraft http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/irex-goes-with-barnes-noble/comment-page-1/#comment-1133934 Alan Wallcraft Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:29:28 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=27385#comment-1133934 The actual iRex press release (I found it on www.bizjournals.com) makes clear that the DR800 will access the B&N ebook store. So it will support eReader DRM. In an Extremetech article by Michael J. Miller http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2351876,00.asp Kevin Hamilton says the goal is for this to be a "universal document reader," supporting the ePub standard, Microsoft reader, Barnes and Noble, PDFs, etc. Microsoft reader is a surprise, since it isn't currently supported on any Linux-based device. The actual iRex press release (I found it on http://www.bizjournals.com) makes clear that the DR800 will access the B&N ebook store. So it will support eReader DRM.

In an Extremetech article by Michael J. Miller
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2351876,00.asp
Kevin Hamilton says the goal is for this to be a “universal document reader,” supporting the ePub standard, Microsoft reader, Barnes and Noble, PDFs, etc.

Microsoft reader is a surprise, since it isn’t currently supported on any Linux-based device.

]]> By: Alan Wallcraft http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/irex-goes-with-barnes-noble/comment-page-1/#comment-1133886 Alan Wallcraft Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:16:22 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=27385#comment-1133886 The alliance with B&N is new information, but tells us almost nothing. IRex could be setting up its own store using FictionWise software - like Plastic Logic. Or it could be using the new B&N ebook store. If the latter, then who pays for ebook downloads via 3G? Also, B&N might or might not imply eReader support. If so, then there won't be DRMed MOBI support (and no MobiPocket dictionaries), but there could still be DRMed Adobe side by side with DRMed eReader support. There are a few dictionaries in eReader format, but it is the worst of the popular ebook formats for a "large" screen. The alliance with B&N is new information, but tells us almost nothing. IRex could be setting up its own store using FictionWise software – like Plastic Logic. Or it could be using the new B&N ebook store. If the latter, then who pays for ebook downloads via 3G?
Also, B&N might or might not imply eReader support. If so, then there won’t be DRMed MOBI support (and no MobiPocket dictionaries), but there could still be DRMed Adobe side by side with DRMed eReader support. There are a few dictionaries in eReader format, but it is the worst of the popular ebook formats for a “large” screen.

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