0 E-Book: iPad incompatible with other readers, Amazon sells at Macmillan

Electronic books are not Apple can transfer to a new device. The online retailer wanted to accept the price increase from the publisher

On paper, the output dell'iPad Apple could be a turning point for the market for digital books. In fact, according to analysts, the approach used by the Cupertino company is likely to cause confusion among readers. Dell'iPad software is fundamentally different from other digital music players, and then e-books purchased for devices like the Kindle are not compatible with the new Apple product.

The iPad's books can be purchased only on Apple's online store, which will run in a couple of months. These books, however, can not be transferred to the Kindle or other electronic readers on the most popular. It will be like being forced to buy a new CD collection every time you change the stereo. These restrictions, according to analysts, could damage the growth of the market for digital books.

There will be "surprises rather painful" for consumers when they seek to transfer their e-books on a new device, said Nick Bogaty, executive of the online publishing division of Adobe Systems, which provides one of the most widely used software for electronic readers.

So far, the industry is divided into two main camps. Electronic books sold by Amazon and the Kindle can only run on software developed by the company, which can be installed for free on PC and mobile multimedia. The rest of the industry, including Sony, Barnes & Noble, and the public library, using the software from Adobe. With the release of Apple dell'iPad, then you create a third option.

And if the challenge on e-books between Apple and Amazon has just begun, but has now signed for imported standoff between the company of Seattle and the Macmillan publishing house that won the day in order to raise prices electronic books sold on Amazon's Kindle. It's the same Amazon that announces its yield, explaining that the Macmillan wants to charge between 12.99 and $ 14.99 versions of its e-book bestseller and its novelty, for the most part of which the price is now of $ 9.99. While expressing strong disagreement with the new pricing, Amazon is compelled to surrender to the monopoly of the editor on some titles.