Comments on: enTourage eDGe opens ebook store http://www.teleread.org/2009/11/20/entourage-edge-opens-ebook-store/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:52:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Juan Luis Chulilla http://www.teleread.org/2009/11/20/entourage-edge-opens-ebook-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1149528 Juan Luis Chulilla Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:46:44 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=32535#comment-1149528 What about the prices? The difference of prices between kindle and this store is outrageous. For instance, check superfreakonomics in both stores. I guess that this is a matter of exclusivities. For sure, Amazon is going to play with prices in order to kill the competence as far as they can. What about the prices? The difference of prices between kindle and this store is outrageous. For instance, check superfreakonomics in both stores.

I guess that this is a matter of exclusivities. For sure, Amazon is going to play with prices in order to kill the competence as far as they can.

]]> By: Paul Durrant http://www.teleread.org/2009/11/20/entourage-edge-opens-ebook-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1149444 Paul Durrant Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:50 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=32535#comment-1149444 Oh - on the DRM. I wish I could avoid it, but it seems that currently books distributed through Lightning Source are required to have DRM :-( So the DRM on the Edge booksmight only reflect that most of them are sourced from Ingram Digital. Oh – on the DRM. I wish I could avoid it, but it seems that currently books distributed through Lightning Source are required to have DRM :-(

So the DRM on the Edge booksmight only reflect that most of them are sourced from Ingram Digital.

]]> By: Paul Durrant http://www.teleread.org/2009/11/20/entourage-edge-opens-ebook-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1149443 Paul Durrant Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:56:04 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=32535#comment-1149443 Not just US publishers, but they're definitely choosing PDF or ePub. I have one ebook in distribution with Ingram (through Lightning Source), as ePub only. They list it with the correct ISBN, but give Media Format as PDF, and claim "Coming Soon". (Although, oddly, they also list "Availability: In stock"!) http://www.entourageedge.com/desbarollda-the-waltzing-mouse.html Not just US publishers, but they’re definitely choosing PDF or ePub.

I have one ebook in distribution with Ingram (through Lightning Source), as ePub only. They list it with the correct ISBN, but give Media Format as PDF, and claim “Coming Soon”. (Although, oddly, they also list “Availability: In stock”!)

http://www.entourageedge.com/desbarollda-the-waltzing-mouse.html

]]> By: Alan Wallcraft http://www.teleread.org/2009/11/20/entourage-edge-opens-ebook-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1149441 Alan Wallcraft Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:47 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=32535#comment-1149441 They are selling ebooks from US publishers that only come with DRM. For example Wolf Hall is also on sale at Books on Board as an "Adobe Digital Edition", i.e. a PDF with Adobe DRM. BoB also sells an Adobe ePub version of this ebook, so enTourage is deliberately choosing PDF over ePub. They are selling ebooks from US publishers that only come with DRM. For example Wolf Hall is also on sale at Books on Board as an “Adobe Digital Edition”, i.e. a PDF with Adobe DRM. BoB also sells an Adobe ePub version of this ebook, so enTourage is deliberately choosing PDF over ePub.

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