eReader Android version coming in ‘mid to late summer’: ePub capability to follow
An Android version of eReader will appear in “mid to late summer,” according to Scott Pendergrast at Fictionwise, the Barnes & Noble subsidiary that owns the format.
It won’t start out reading ePub, but Scott tells me such a capability will follow shortly.
As expected, the new eReader will be able to read not just ePub wrapped in Fictionwise’s DRM but also nonDRMed ePub.
He tells me, in addition, that a linux version of eReader is also on track and should appear in the near future.
Scott was about to begin a meeting and couldn’t talk long, but perhaps he can add more details in our comments section.
Shown is eReader’s current iPhone verison.
June 10th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Scott, any timeline you’re willing to share on eReader for the Palm Pre? I got one on Saturday and love it, and would love to have eReader on it!
June 10th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
For the time being the third party palm emulator will allow you to muddle through, but we are already making plans for native support of pre. Our goal is “ereader everywhere”.
June 10th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Let’s hope that ‘everywhere’ includes a few e-ink devices as well. The android version is a nice start though. Much appreciated!
June 10th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
I can’t wait for the Android version. I’ve been a loyal ereader user since my Handspring Visor Platinum.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
I hope this (and the availability of Multiformat books as ePub) means that the iPhone OS version of eReader will soon also support reading ePub. It’d be nice to have everything in there instead of splitting my books between eReader and Stanza. (Yes, Stanza can read eReader format, but I dislike the chapter-chunking behavior and its inability to do top/bottom tap for page movement.)
October 8th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Is this still happening?