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By David Rothman

image I’d avoided updating my iPod Touch’s operating system before compatibility-related fixes appeared for eReader and other programs.

So imagine my delight when one of my favorite blogs, jkOntheRun, ran this headline: eReader for iPhone Updated—works with iPhone 3.0.

Hooray! Meant an update for the my iPod Touch as well.

No news at Fictionwise about fix

But if an update exists, that’s news to Steve Pendergrast at Fictionwise/eReader, now a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble.

“As far I can tell it has not been approved yet,” Steve told me on the phone about version 2.1.1 of eReader. “It’s been in review” at Apple “since June 11. We also don’t have not any email version notification. Usually it’s in review for five days. In this case we’ve been in review for 14 or 15 days.”

Rolls out new app-versions in phases

Since Apple rolls out updates in phases, it’s always possible that JK, aka James Kendrick, lucked out. Both Steve and I would love that to be the case! If JK received an update, that means the rest of us will soon get the fix. More likely, however, by reinstalling the existing 2.1 on his system in a certain way, JK was able to get full access to his eReader bookshelf.

Related: Turns out Steve has just posted his thoughts in the vein of the above. Also see iPhone 3.0 software breaks e Reader software and the many comments from frustrated TeleRead readers. Apple, not eReader, of course is the cause of the delay.

Update, 11:02 a.m.: JK, to his credit, has just run a correction.

 
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