Sony, Google Adopt Open Approach in Contrast to Closed Kindle -- Nikkei Electronics Asia -- August 2009 - Tech-On!

Sony, Google Adopt Open Approach in Contrast to Closed Kindle -- Nikkei Electronics Asia -- August 2009 - Tech-On!: "One response that is picking up momentum, primarily in the US, is building an open distribution environment. 'An open standard is essential for the growth of the eBook market,' advises Ana Maria Allesi, vice president of HarperMedia, of major publisher Harper Collins Publishers of the US. If an open standard can be developed, it would be possible for a single reader to be used to purchase eBook data from multiple distribution sites. It would also mean that a single distribution site could sell eBooks to multiple types of readers."