Europe's on board

Looks like Europe will not be a barrier. As we look at the world and the adoption of ebooks globally, Europe has removed its obstructionist tendencies. Apple and other publishers -- including now Penguin -- have promised not to “restrict, limit or impede” e-book retailers’ discounts or their ability to “set, alter or reduce retail prices for e-books” for two years according to details of the proposed changes as published in the EU’s Official Journal. That is good news. Now we've got the U.S. confronting unrestricted pricing of ebooks, as well as Europe, South America, Korea, China and Japan.Once again the Tower of Babel rules, because although these countries will not control prices, that does not mean they will all embrace the same ereader devices or the same coding or the same languages.