Apple did it with the iPod and now it appears Amazon is doing it with the Kindle. Much like MP3 players, Amazon is taking a technology that has been around for awhile and bringing it to the masses. As, an owner of the Sony Reader, I am happy to see this happening. While not in the format of my choice, and likely to cause another format war, this is a good thing. Most magazines are trying their hand at digital distribution, as are many book publishers. Some have gotten it right, many are getting it wrong.
Take, for example, Servo, Nuts N Volts and Make magazines. All offer digital subscriptions and all suffer from forcing you into their reader. This is a shame as the eReaders cannot load these and enable you to take them on the road. Then you have Fusion Authority, Flex Authority and GroovyMag. These publishers went with PDF format and while that is better it is not perfect. I have to commend GroovyMag for working towards the solution. They are currently working on Kindle and Sony Reader formats which is awesome news. This is what everyone should be doing.
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