If you signed an agreement for MobiPocket to publish your e-books, they are also being sold as Kindle e-books with no additional permission asked for or required. Amazon may not even know how to pay you for the e-books. That is my interpretation of the following MobiPocket Forum thread: Amazon.com Kindle Books (http://www.mobipocket.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9255).

Perhaps this only applies to independent authors or small publishers, but it illustrates one reason why Amazon bought MobiPocket.

Houah !! If it's true, it's.... just incredible ! :)

actually, amazon's response to the question has been posted in the thread you mentioned ... and it sounds pretty simple.

What if someone wants his/her books in Mobipocket format, but NOT converted to be a Kindle Edition?

What if someone wants his/her books in Mobipocket format, but NOT converted to be a Kindle Edition?


ummm...would that not be DRM? Limiting portability to a individual (or sub-set of) device(s)...??