So now that Smartphones and Pocket PC magazine is getting rid of their
e-book version does that mean e-books on the pocket pc are now dead?

It's too bad, since it was one of the few things I could actually
use with the Microsoft Reader on the pocket pc.

I've wondered why Amazon can launch an ebook service as
well as Sony but between Microsoft/HP/and others they
give up on Ebooks.

>> does that mean e-books on the pocket pc are now dead? <<

To quote from an old movie "SHOW ME THE MONEY!"

DRM driven by the publishers has effectively killed the market for
proprietary works they want to sell and continue to control after the sale.

There are a huge number of ebooks in other formats which require
installing other reader apps, but, as you have observed, non drm .lit
content has been dwindling.

Might repost a request for alternate sources at
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ocketpc.ebooks

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:34:27 -0600, "Beverly Howard
[Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote:

> >> does that mean e-books on the pocket pc are now dead? <<
>
>To quote from an old movie "SHOW ME THE MONEY!"
>
>DRM driven by the publishers has effectively killed the market for
>proprietary works they want to sell and continue to control after the sale.
>
>There are a huge number of ebooks in other formats which require
>installing other reader apps, but, as you have observed, non drm .lit
>content has been dwindling.
>
>Might repost a request for alternate sources at
>news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ocketpc.ebooks
>
>Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

As someone else pointed out if ebook publishers ran paper based
books like ebooks they'd find a way to throw you in jail
if you let your sister/brother/husband/wife/mom/dad
borrow your paper back copy of Harry Potter.

"Davis" <Send to newsgroup> wrote in message
news:a8nan3d1rmcn6cqaktuqaoalrmvu56jd3e@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:34:27 -0600, "Beverly Howard
> [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote:
>
>> >> does that mean e-books on the pocket pc are now dead? <<
>>
>>To quote from an old movie "SHOW ME THE MONEY!"
>>
>>DRM driven by the publishers has effectively killed the market for
>>proprietary works they want to sell and continue to control after the
>>sale.
>>
>>There are a huge number of ebooks in other formats which require
>>installing other reader apps, but, as you have observed, non drm .lit
>>content has been dwindling.
>>
>>Might repost a request for alternate sources at
>>news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ocketpc.ebooks
>>
>>Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
>
> As someone else pointed out if ebook publishers ran paper based
> books like ebooks they'd find a way to throw you in jail
> if you let your sister/brother/husband/wife/mom/dad
> borrow your paper back copy of Harry Potter.
>

Good point, well made.