Publishers Campaign For Universal E-Book Format

As the battle rages for control of the e-book market, publishers are starting to unite behind a common desire: a universal e-book format. David Shanks, chief executive at Penguin Group USA, said, "Our fondest wish is that all the devices become agnostic so that there isn’t proprietary formats and you can read wherever you want to read. First we have to get a standard that everybody embraces." The company's president, Susan Petersen Kennedy, explained that book publishers did not want to "make the same mistakes as the music industry, which had an epic struggle over electronic distribution and piracy and lost huge market share."

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Re:It already exists.

[Darkman, Walkin Dude]

So out of curiosity, what are you talking about?

Oops, sorry I left out a bit at the end, "even to your mom".

/rimshot

Re:It already exists.

[Hognoxious]

Or added options to his program, the useless fucker.