![]() ![]() There are four major proprietary e-text formats fromīoth proprietary and open. That could be used more effectively for something else. Reader) to read all the e-books in my collection. I have to have three different reader programs on my PDA (eReader, iSilo, Embiid The thing that causes me day to day annoyance when I read e-books is that The following comment was pulled (with permission) from the Yahoo! Incompatible formats are among the biggest consumer peeves concerningĮ-books. These are theīiggest challenges, which I’ll discuss in detail shortly: ![]() This squabbling causes a great deal of frustration forĬonsumers and lost opportunities for publishers and authors. Millions in potential sales of e-books and other digital texts, has dragged outįor years-with more than 20 major and minor formats battling to become As other proprietary formats have come into use, a format war, squandering The Acrobat Reader format was introduced in 1994 and the Microsoft Reader inġ999. The earlyĮ-book reading hardware largely failed due to such technology limitations suchĪs short battery life poor search capabilities heaviness and small, This was later followed by the RocketĮ-book in 1998, as well as other devices that have come and gone. With the introduction of the Sony Bookman. Devices dedicated to reading electronic books have been available since 1991, ![]()
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