tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post1519861005474695128..comments2023-06-04T10:34:35.636-04:00Comments on The eBook Test: John Rogers Of LEVERAGE Fetishizes His KindleMike Canehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12396654716615965650noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post-31522997327062090152009-02-13T14:42:00.000-05:002009-02-13T14:42:00.000-05:00@AndrewSony actually sells ePub in its eBook Store...@Andrew<BR/><BR/>Sony actually sells ePub in its eBook Store. But they don't specify which is which, unfortunately. Most of the short stories are ePub.<BR/><BR/>The UK store from Waterstone's is all ePub -- Sony doesn't have an eBook Store there. PanMacmillan sells DRM-free ePub. Another UK store I can't recall offers ePub. Depending on the screwball 19th-century right restriction, you can or can't buy these UK books.<BR/><BR/>There's also free ePub available:<BR/><A HREF="http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/over-900-free-epub-ebooks/" REL="nofollow">Over 900 Free ePub eBooks!</A><BR/><BR/>Fictionwise might also sell ePub, but that site is so slow, I'm leery of checking it right now.<BR/><BR/>PenguinUSA sells ePub. On most US major publisher sites that also sell eBooks, the format is ePub.<BR/><BR/>See also <A HREF="http://www.epubbooks.com/blog/" REL="nofollow">The ePub Blog</A><BR/><BR/>It's not much work to create a Kindle file -- not nearly as much as ePub. The 65% cut is outrageous.Mike Canehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396654716615965650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post-69877732731674078902009-02-13T10:53:00.000-05:002009-02-13T10:53:00.000-05:00Excellent post.Excellent post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post-89141892074812587022009-02-12T20:41:00.000-05:002009-02-12T20:41:00.000-05:00Love the show, hate the Kindle. I buy my books in...Love the show, hate the Kindle. I buy my books in Mobipocket (for my blackberry) wondering what will happen if Kindle goes away...Stickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693558544168590952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7888403915883527494.post-85459420823828203322009-02-12T19:13:00.000-05:002009-02-12T19:13:00.000-05:00I followed your link from Rogers' blog. While I ag...I followed your link from Rogers' blog. While I agree with many of your points, I do have some questions:<BR/><BR/>1) Only if you buy DRMd titles. DRM-free ones are available from other sources like <A HREF="http://www.fictionwise.com" REL="nofollow">Fictionwise</A> and <A HREF="http://www.webscription.net" REL="nofollow">Baen Webscriptions</A>.<BR/><BR/>4) Who actually <I>sells</I> ePub? Last I checked, Sony sold their own proprietary format, and while Adobe's reader supported ePub their store still only sold PDFs.<BR/><BR/>6) How much work is Amazon doing to create the files? Are they being handed a Word document or something else that then then have to convert, or are they given finalized Mobipocket files that they just have to sell? And perhaps more importantly, who are they taking the 65% from, everybody or just the self-published? 65% is a heck of a lot less than your typical retailer + publisher.<BR/><BR/>The Kindle is not ideal, and there are changes that I would like to see. I'm just not sure it's <I>quite</I> as bad as you're making it out to be. ;)Andrew Timsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695912397762180933noreply@blogger.com