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Sony To Convert Online Bookstore To Open Format

Posted by Soulskill on from the who-are-you-and-what-have-you-done-with-sony dept.

Dr_Barnowl writes "The BBC reports that Sony is to convert its online bookstore to the EPUB format. While this format still allows DRM, it's supported on a much wider variety of readers. Is this a challenge to the Kindle? It's nice to see Sony opening up to the idea of open standards. Even if you still have reservations about buying a Sony device, you might be able to patronize their bookstore sometime soon."

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  1. Do you believe them? Really? by Whuffo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    We're talking about the rootkit corporation. The one that had the people making mod chips arrested. The one that has fought against open standards long and hard for a lot of years. Don't think so? When was the first Sony portable music player released, and when was the first one that supported anything other than Sony's proprietary formats released?

    Sony is an interesting corporation and they do turn out some useful devices (along with some turkeys) - but one thing they are absolutely not good at is "open standards" and anyone who believes their public relations BS on this subject is a fool.