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I can download & export-to-device now. I can do it from cloud-based stores and non-cloud based stores. Are you saying that I'll be able to, for example, log into my account from a different machine (say, at a public library), and download to my device, rather than needing to use software connected to my computer? I thought the point of the cloud would be that you wouldn't store a copy locally--you'd be constantly connected, so they wouldn't have to provide you a (crackable) copy of the content; it'd be streamed, not downloaded with intent to keep. (And right now, although 3 of the 4 ebook readers in the house are ADE-compatible, we don't have an ADE account. I don't do DRM, not even for freebies. I won't say I'd never change, but it'd take a much more compelling argument than "our store is available from library computers too!" to lose my ability to buy books readable on both my Sony and my daughter's Kindle.) Quote:
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I'd feel a bit limited if I were constrained entirely to Project Gutenberg and the Archive of Our Own, plus whatever I chop and scan for myself--but I wouldn't be lacking in quality reading material. |
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08-25-2011, 02:13 PM | #182 |
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Why should there be fuss over epub? This is the future and is always going to be here.
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08-25-2011, 02:29 PM | #183 |
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As long as the Kindle doesn't support epub, I'll convert them to mobi using Calibre.
If Kindle starts supporting epub through a firmware upgrade, I'll save on one step. If the current Kindle won't support epub ever, but future Kindles do, it still won't be the one single reason that convinces me to upgrade. The actual hardware improvements, colour e-ink, the affordability - those will be the factors I'll consider. In short, I'm not losing sleep over Kindle not supporting epub. |
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08-26-2011, 05:14 AM | #185 |
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Except the development cost of the firmware. I don't see the original Kindle or any Kindle 2 ever supporting ePub (except through a third-party hack). I think it's just possible that they might do an update for the Kindle 3 if the Kindle 4 (or whatever their next reader is called) supports ePub, but I rather doubt it.
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08-27-2011, 04:12 AM | #186 | |
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Your argument is the equivalent of: Since my truck can support diesel, there is no reason ALL of the Toyotas cannot support diesel. |
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08-27-2011, 05:26 AM | #187 | |
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The Kindle is like a car that can be driven only on certain roads. Imagine that you bought a Toyota that could be driven only on toll roads. Not because of technical issues but for some strange legal or financial reason, for example, because Toyota Inc. had an agreement with toll road owners and received a percentage of toll fees. |
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08-27-2011, 10:44 AM | #188 | |
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08-27-2011, 10:46 AM | #189 |
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In fact, given the number of independent authors who are publishing on the Kindle Store only, I'm pretty sure that the total number of books available to Kindle owners exceeds that available to owners of ePub devices. The reality of the situation of course is that all "mainstream" ebooks are available in both formats.
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08-28-2011, 01:51 AM | #190 | |
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Trust me, if the Kindle charger only supported a certain voltage (say the US one), people wouldn't make such a big deal out of it. They'd just buy a compatible charger (or charge over USB), and be done with it. They wouldn't say.. OH NO! The Kindle comes with a power adapter that does not work in my country! That's a major downside, and it's one reason why I bought the nook over the kindle. Last edited by kranu; 08-28-2011 at 01:55 AM. |
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A better example would be: You buy a car, you can only drive on the road. You can't drive on the railroad tracks. |
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08-28-2011, 02:39 AM | #192 | |
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The entrance on road A or B are controlled by a sensor device that checks tires for specific hidden patterns (DRM). In rare cases when there is only one road that does not correspond your car type, you can install a special tire-pads (de-DRM) to cheat the toll-road sensor. The procedure is simple and cheap and many do this although it is illegal. |
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08-28-2011, 03:45 PM | #193 | |
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Analogies... they're only ever 100% apropos to their own authors. And their relevance is usually inversely proportional to their complexity.
This particular analogy train left the tracks a long time ago. |
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The problem comes down to the fact that Amazon wants control of the eBooks that they sell. They don't want people to go to other stores to bu say the latest NY Times best seller. So Amazon makes it so they are they only ones who sell Mobipocket with AZW DRM and have the only reader that can display this. Sony used to be just like that with BBeB (LRX) but Sony went with ADE and now you can buy eBooks from other shops that work fine on a Sony Reader. Everyone else's dedicated reader has gone to ePub except Amazon. Mobipocket is dead. eReader is dying. MS Reader is dead. So why is Amazon not going with ePub when everyone else is? The think is, do we want Amazon to be #1 world wide when they have an inferior format? The problem comes in when someone with reader A wants to buy reader B or the other way round with reader B being a Kindle and reader A ADE capable reader. The library they have won't move. So either they have to keep both readers or lose their previous library. It would be best for users world wide if all readers supported the same format with the same DRM. Last edited by JSWolf; 08-29-2011 at 04:22 PM. |
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