Comments on: Related mysteries: When will Microsoft get back into e-books? And what will Bill Hill do next? http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/07/related-mysteries-when-will-microsoft-get-back-into-e-books-and-what-will-bill-hill-do-next/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:18:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alain Pierrot http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/07/related-mysteries-when-will-microsoft-get-back-into-e-books-and-what-will-bill-hill-do-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1053546 Alain Pierrot Fri, 08 May 2009 08:09:13 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/07/related-mysteries-when-will-microsoft-get-back-into-e-books-and-what-will-bill-hill-do-next/#comment-1053546 "Is anyone listening at, say, the IDPF or Adobe? Or, as with Stanza, will Amazon get there first?" I would add W3C to the list, with the CSS working group, for instance. Please, somebody, move fast and let Bill Hill pursue his mission! “Is anyone listening at, say, the IDPF or Adobe? Or, as with Stanza, will Amazon get there first?”

I would add W3C to the list, with the CSS working group, for instance.

Please, somebody, move fast and let Bill Hill pursue his mission!

]]> By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/07/related-mysteries-when-will-microsoft-get-back-into-e-books-and-what-will-bill-hill-do-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1052977 Steve Jordan Thu, 07 May 2009 14:37:52 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/05/07/related-mysteries-when-will-microsoft-get-back-into-e-books-and-what-will-bill-hill-do-next/#comment-1052977 Personally, I'd slightly edit Bill's idea of essential things to be: "A unified format for all devices, and a bookstore." If Amazon had sold e-books in a common format like Mobi (or LIT, or whatever), with the same media push but with the Kindle as an option, I believe The Kindle Store would be even more successful than it has been to date... tying the service to a single expensive device, limited in availability and tied to only one distributor, only served to slow Amazon's potential e-book progress. Still, I bow deeply to the man responsible for ClearType, and I hope he continues to exert influence and direction on the e-book field. Personally, I’d slightly edit Bill’s idea of essential things to be: “A unified format for all devices, and a bookstore.” If Amazon had sold e-books in a common format like Mobi (or LIT, or whatever), with the same media push but with the Kindle as an option, I believe The Kindle Store would be even more successful than it has been to date… tying the service to a single expensive device, limited in availability and tied to only one distributor, only served to slow Amazon’s potential e-book progress.

Still, I bow deeply to the man responsible for ClearType, and I hope he continues to exert influence and direction on the e-book field.

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