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Recently I wrote an article on the new daily Nook and Sony digital book readers' ability to handle the ePub standard, a file format that is becoming the preferred file format for electronic book publishers. I thought that might be helpful if I explained the differences between proprietary formats and ePub standard, something you will not find reviews electronic book reader, but something you should remember when researching the many digital book readers the market, before the final purchasing decision.
It was, in the early days of digital book readers, something accepted by the consuming public that Sony and Amazon released their content encoded in its own file format. What this actually was connected to an electronic book device, but it was not long before customers caught up in something that hit hard the likes of Sony.
However, fast forward today, the industry had been looking for a standard file format in the first place to eliminate the uncertainty in the minds of customers and secondly to what the title suggests, standardizing the electronic publication.
This is seen increasingly as have been established in the emerging electronic publishing format. Why, you may ask, with so many options that some of the biggest names in the industry, given its weight behind this new format there was, some say, a perfectly well in the form of universal Mobipockets available file formats. That's really a question only the likes of Google, Sony and now Barnes and Noble can respond.
Looking from outside, it seems that the three are grouped to provide a good slapping for Amazon, because their latest offering - the U.S. International Kindle and Kindle e-book readers - have no natural support for ePub standard.
Moreover, the latest edition of Sony range of digital book readers, which incidentally are receiving some rave reviews electronic book reader, and the new device Barnes and Noble reading corner all compatible with the ePub format. Titles in both the Sony store and Barnes and Noble bookstore are published online in this format, something that both companies are happy to sing the praises of.
Now, throw into the mix of the considerable influence of Google have everything online and view their recent support ePub format. They intend to publish its entire huge library of more than a million books in the ePub format, many of these titles are free to down load.
These developments have created the mass market. Users no longer e-book readers have to buy content from a source, this move can only lead to more competition and ultimately lower prices of electronic books. And the encouraging thing is three large companies have fully accepted, even instigated that.
This leaves the Kindle digital book readers in a very difficult position, news travels at the same rate as prices change in this industry. Kindle customers feel cheated when the news comes to reviewing sites e-book reader, and every right you have to feel that way do not you think.
To learn more about wireless reading device or the eReader devices click on Amazon Kindle review or Nook reviews or read the eBook reader comparison.
