Oh, suck it, Amazon.
In demonstrating the iPad’s new slick iBooks e-book reading application, it was explicitly stated that the iPad uses the free, open e-book standard, ePub format.
This is a surprisingly rare but welcome move for Apple in embracing a non-proprietary media format.
ePub doesn’t mean no DRM, but it does mean you’ll be able, if only through third party Apps, to transfer your own books from other devices.
Jeff Bezos has got to be nursing a migraine right now.
[image via Gizmodo]
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