I was just over at Bill McCoy’s blog (Adobe) reading his latest post about the current number of dedicated eBook readers which support the Adobe DRM’d EPUB format. Of course there are a number of other reading devices, such as the iPhone that can read non-DRM EPUB eBooks, but it is still surprising how many there actually are.
The Adobe Digital Edition Devices page has a little more details on each but here’s a very quick run down;
- EZ Reader
- EZ Reader Pocket Pro
- Mentor
- BeBook One
- BeBook Mini
- Cybook Gen3
- Cybook Opus
- Cool-er
- Elonex eBook
- Hanlin V5
- Hanlin V3
- iRex Digital Reader 1000S
- NUUT2
- Sony Reader PRS-300
- Sony Reader PRS-505
- Sony Reader PRS-600
- Sony Reader PRS-700
Have you heard of all these?
Bill himself seems suprised, saying, “this is faster take-up than even this optimist had hoped for, given our launch less than six months ago of the enabling Adobe Reader Mobile 9 SDK that’s been integrated into all of these products.”
Whether you believe DRM is right or wrong, the positive side of this is that we are seeing more vendors supporting the one eBook format.
We are however still waiting to see if the Amazon Kindle’s will start supporting EPUB; will they use their own DRM – will they use any DRM at all. Let us also not forget Apple, what formats will they support on their upcoming tablet.