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Old 10-27-2011, 06:57 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by seajewel View Post
I don't think it's necessarily as okay as JSWolf says, but I get his point. I can buy a Kobo book and read it on my Sony reader. or on the Nook. or on a Kobo. That's less restrictive than an Amazon book. (Of course, nowadays, if you have tablets instead you can have the Kindle app on everything, I guess). But because I read on my Sony PRS-505, I can't buy an amazon-exclusive book and read it on my hardware. Not without removing DRM.
Exactly. ePub is a standard with standard DRM. Amazon is the one bucking standards and when they get an exclusive eBook, it's bad for most people. If Kobo was to get exclusive eBooks, then it's not that bad as most people could easily read it.
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