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Originally Posted by taosaur
It supports two proprietary versions of the most standard e-book format, as well as non-restricted versions of same. Amazon's devices and software are the only places their format is used, so that the value of even non-DRM titles in that format is strictly tied to said devices and software. Even B&N's DRM is supported on devices and in software other than their own.
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Certainly; I'm well aware of that. I was just a little surprised that the previous poster would buy a device which "turns his stomach" due to the propietary nature of its firmware. One might have expected him to choose a device which had an open-source reader, such as CoolReader or FBReader, rather than that nasty propriatary Adobe/B&N stuff.