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Jumpin on the ePub bandwagon

Wednesday, Google announced their large book archive is now available in the ePub format. See http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2009/08/download-over-million-public-domain.html for more details.

And Sony broght out a wireless capable eReader this week, which also uses the ePub format. See: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/sony-announces-daily-edition-reader/

So the question is - when will Amazon support the ePub format on the Kindle reader?

There are third party folks who have ways to convert ePub to formats that will work on Kindles.

Here's an interesting video of Jesse Vincent talking about the Kindle's linux elements.

Jesse's blog is at http://blog.fsck.com/

Here's an article on a report that considers reason why the Kindle should be sold at Wal-Marts. But I wonder if production levels are up to that yet?

My Q4 wishes for the Kindle: Support ePub immediately and get in WalMart for black Friday (the Friday after Thanksgiving).

I've been listening to the Len Edgerly Kindle Chronicles podcast since I got my Kindle - I highly recommend it.

Peace,
Kathy

ePub News - Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo sign up to the Open Book Alliance

See this article at the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8200624.stm
Does this put Google books on one side against these others?

Current ePublishing thoughts - video blog

While waiting to pick up a friend at the Williamsport bus terminal, I recorded 7 mins worth of my thoughts on the current eReader / ePublishing market, and explain why I'm blogging about it.

Starting off with the ePublishing News blog

We published our first eBook on Amazon yesterday. While it brings a feeling of joy, celebration and general excitement, there is also a sense of being close to a waterfall's edge. Power, danger, movement and potential for good and bad.

We've learned a bit publishing Christ's Team. Hopefully it is just the first of many eBooks that we'll publish.

We've also learned that publishing works for eReaders is a messy, immature field. When one thinks of the changes that could happen in this area over the next 5 years or so, it's confusing and exciting.

Ride along with us as we attempt this journey. Learn with us as we try new format conversion tools and new publishing sites.

Peace,

Kathy Kolb

President, Kolb Net Works

eBook Publishing / Web Site Development / Internet Marketing

http://www.kolbnetworks.com

http://publishing.kolbnetworks.com