Re: PDF ebooks
Kirk McElhearn <[email protected]>
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On Sep 26, 2010, at 10:35 PM, Brenna Lyons wrote:
> Amazon wants people to buy from them directly, in their format. It allows
> people to display PDF, because they know better than to lock people into a
> single format. They alientate readers that way. But the more they encourage
> people to purchase from them, in a format they OWN, the better for their
> market plans. Amazon owns Mobi, and Kindle is tweaked Mobi.
Nope, PDFs can have proprietary DRM as well.
>
> Apple is still up in the air. They've set up their reader to take PDF, even
> though there are other apps available that will already do that. Why do that
> if they never intend PDF? But... The trick about eBookstore is that you need
> a Mac to get the format done to their specs. Publishers I know are BUYING a
> cheap Mac just to format for them.
Um, no, I don't think you need a Mac to format ePub files for the iBookstore.
Kirk
*Author of Take Control of iTunes 10: The FAQ*
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