Thread: Amazon Insists on DRM for Mobipocket eBooks
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Old 03-03-2009, 06:28 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
The issue at hand is that there may very well be two different standards from Amazon. If they allow DTP submissions to be DRM free and sold that way, why not make Mobipocket submissions option as well? Is Amazon saying that they don't trust anyone without a Kindle? [boldface mine] Amazon needs to sort out the DRM issue and do it the same way for both the Kindle and Mobipocket.
You may be onto something there. The Kindle--for the average user--is effectively its own DRM.

The other question is why Amazon apparently requires publishers to submit via mobipocket.com. Maybe they have a different setup there for processing the files.
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