Other companies who write 3rd party reading software for iOS and Android are put on notice to incorporate the new systems in order to stay relevant. Companies like Sony are in a prime position to take advantage of the new technology because they sell books and also write the e-reading software. The new way to encrypt ePub and PDF eBooks will be up to the companies that distribute them.

This time around Adobe wants to keep the source code under lock and key to prevent people from writing decryption tools and plugins for popular conversion software like Calibre. Adobe has been working with their publishing and hardware partners, such as Sony, to refine the code before they released it to the public. The new set of DRM for ePub files has been pushed out to Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 and Adobe Content Server. Adobe is claiming that the new changes to one of the most popular electronic book formats in the world is the most secure they have ever produced. This was designed to make changes to the security of of ePub and PDF Files. Adobe has just pushed out new Digital Rights Management encryption system for their entire line of publishing products.

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