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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
Its not the format but the DRM that is the issue. Apple's version of ePub has its own DRM so it might as well be its own format.
Essentially, there are now 4 serious contenders for DRM'd formats.
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3. Barnes and Noble ereader ePub. We know B&N will license its DRM to other device makers (works on the Jetbook and Jetbook-Lite at least). It does seem to be limited to B&N for book purchase.
4. Adobe DRM ePub. Since Adobe doesn't sell the books, it is probably the most available to third party stores and is also supported by the Nook (as well as the Jetbooks mentioned above) and most non-Amazon dedicated Readers.
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A quick correction ... These are both Adobe DRM. The key protection mechanism used by B&N is a newer variant that is tied to a username and password (B&N uses your credit card number). The support for reading files licensed this way came out in with Adobe RMSDK 9.1 last year. Support for selling these files is going to come out with the next version of Adobe Content Server.
That being said there has been no other RMSDK customer of ours besides B&N that has implemented the necessary workflows needed to view content from B&N on their devices/applications. Unfortunately that also includes Adobe. However the next version of Adobe Digital Editions will include support for reading those files (no I can't say when this will come out).
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Jim Lester
Engineering Lead - Digital Publishing
Adobe Systems