E-Publishing revolution

[Handley_Page]

" Format wars are a mixed blessing for consumers. Whether it's Betamax versus VHS or Blu-Ray versus HD-DVD, the consumer ultimately wins because companies have to advance superior technologies. But problems arise if the format you backed loses the war - and your device becomes next year's expensive doorstop.

A new fight is emerging in epublishing between Apple iBooks and Amazon Kindle, with skirmishes between Barnes & Noble, Kobo and others. But the real battle is between the underlying formats: EPUB 3 and KF8."

Fuller details can be found here:-

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/06/ereader_format_wars/

 

[sr71plt]

That's more a buyer problem (but it's been a constant problem since the beginning of e-readers) than an author problem. The books can be produced in all of the formats--and then let the buyer worry about which one they buy in.

 

[Handley_Page]

It seems that Apple have had to explain themselves about who owns the document on the e-book.