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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. Patronizing by nizo · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...you might be able to patronize their bookstore sometime soon...

    Heck I can do that right now. Nice to see you joining the 20th century Sony!

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  2. And meanwhile in East Texas by RotateLeftByte · · Score: 3, Funny

    A patent troll company is filing a lawsuit to stop this sudden outburst of common sense by Sony in its tracks.

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  3. Bad, bad sign by cbraescu1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's a bad, bad sign (for Sony, that is). The next marketing coup could only be a happy-faces-announcement that their book reader went Open Source... and you know what this means about the viability of that product / company...

    Sony lost badly the first *war* (not just battles) with Amazon. Now they are trying to retreat, regroup and make alliances. In the meanwhile, Amazon keeps selling their Kindle ebook readers and receiving tons of money.

    If I were Sony I would run away from this line of business as fast as I could. Now it's just Amazon, next year it would (might) be also Apple with their tablet.

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  4. Re:Great Scott! It Actually Makes Sense! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Eh. Every 35-year old thing you have sitting around had better be working, or you're just a pack rat.