Follow the link below to a nice summary on the New York Times’ Bits Blog about the upcoming war between Amazon and Apple to capture e-book buyers. Apple’s iPad will feature a Kindle application, as well as an iTunes-like bookstore. The most interesting thing, to me, is the fear gripping some consumers. They believe a war of proprietary standards means consumers will probably lose. By contrast, I’m optimistic about the competition. But here’s the most highly rated comment posted to the story:
Apple is going to destroy the e-book market with this idiocy. Instead of working toward a common format, so the consumer has control over what they buy, you’re going to wind up with multiple publishers, with multiple formats, and you’re going to have to try to remember which app holds which books, and forever wonder when those books are going to vanish on you if a company folds, gets bought, strands a proprietary format, or doesn’t meet Apple’s specs for an application in some future iteration of the iPad. This is VHS/Betamax, MP3/CD all over again, and to hell with the consumer.
The Apple vs Amazon e-book battle – Bits Blog
Follow the link below to a nice summary on the New York Times’ Bits Blog about the upcoming war between Amazon and Apple to capture e-book buyers. Apple’s iPad will feature a Kindle application, as well as an iTunes-like bookstore. The most interesting thing, to me, is the fear gripping some consumers. They believe a war of proprietary standards means consumers will probably lose. By contrast, I’m optimistic about the competition. But here’s the most highly rated comment posted to the story:
Apple is going to destroy the e-book market with this idiocy. Instead of working toward a common format, so the consumer has control over what they buy, you’re going to wind up with multiple publishers, with multiple formats, and you’re going to have to try to remember which app holds which books, and forever wonder when those books are going to vanish on you if a company folds, gets bought, strands a proprietary format, or doesn’t meet Apple’s specs for an application in some future iteration of the iPad. This is VHS/Betamax, MP3/CD all over again, and to hell with the consumer.
via E-Book Sellers Face a Battle to Win iPad Customers – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com.
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