There are currently over , ebooks available and 1 million free public domain ebooks through a partnership with Google. They just added some newspaper subscriptions , with some exclusive to the Sony ebook store. You can also check out the all the other websites listed on this page and search their titles for your particular interest of reading material. You still use Sony's Library Software to manage your ebooks, or Adobe Digital Editions, but there isn't access to the online store.
Sony recommends Waterstone's and WHSmith. Other websites listed on this page may work as well, but some have regional restrictions so you may need to check first. Privacy Policy - Disclaimer. And in a jab at Amazon, Google is also quick to emphasize the importance this openness in the deal.
Many in the publishing industry are pushing for open formats, such as the International Digital Publishing Forum's ePub to become a universal standard in the industry. Meanwhile, the Kindle only supports its proprietary mobipocket-based.
Amazon has told Wired. However, the wireless technology Amazon has chosen for the Kindle -- and the Kindle 2, released Feb. That leaves an opening for other e-reader manufacturers to provide devices that work with European mobile networks, perhaps linking to other online bookstores.
Dutch company Endless Ideas is planning just that with the next version of its BeBook e-reader. It showed a prototype of the device at Cebit, but the new model was absent from its small stand at the Paris Book Fair last week, where Sony had a major presence.
Google's partnership with Sony is not the first time it has simplified access to Google Book Search for mobile devices. On Feb. The phone interface offers access to more public domain books than Sony's eBook Store: up to 1. Amazon followed suit, after a fashion, on March 4, with the launch of an iPhone reader for e-books sold through its Kindle service. Here are the latest Insider stories.
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