At a press conference in New York City this morning, Sony announced that it is cooperating with the American Booksellers Association, other retailers, and a variety of traditional and digital publishers to make available a universe of reading material in EPUB format compatible with Sony Readers. Among the sites offering EPUB content for sale to consumers will be more than 200 independent bookstores participating in the American Booksellers Association’s IndieCommerce site.
Beginning this Labor Day, ABA member stores on IndieCommerce’s new Drupal platform will have the ability to sell e-content in several formats, including the EPUB format protected by Adobe’s Content Server 4 (ACS4) digital rights management. In addition, Sony said that plans are underway to make its Reader devices available for purchase from all independent bookstores in time for this holiday season.
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