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09-13-2012, 11:08 AM | #16 | |
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I have none of those concerns with Amazon, whose interest in selling books broadly is generally aligned with my interest in consuming them in the same manner. |
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09-14-2012, 05:25 PM | #17 | |
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There are a number of organisations set up to do exactly this - re-ship to Australia. Some will even purchase from Amazon (and Apple, Microsoft, Adobe etc.) at US prices and then re-ship. They allow you to make some very considerable cost savings. |
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09-16-2012, 09:22 PM | #18 | |
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isn't iBooks format basically ePub? isn't Mobi Amazon ebooks DRM'd and only readable on a kindle reader? (though I stripped the DRM and had been reading them on my e-ink reader too, haha amazon sue me) |
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09-17-2012, 08:56 AM | #19 |
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09-17-2012, 09:05 AM | #20 |
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Amazon has apps that allow people to read their book on iOS, Android, Windows, OS X, Blackberry, etc. Apple does not. iBooks as far as I know has DRM that has not been broken and only allows the books to be read on an iOS device. I can't even read them on my Mac computers.
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09-17-2012, 09:28 AM | #21 | |
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09-19-2012, 04:24 PM | #22 |
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Amazon doesn't require DRM--it is a choice most major publishers make (but few indie authors).
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