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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
It leaves one to wonder if they (Amazon) feel that they should emulate the
Apple I-tunes model? I totally agree that they could offer more than other
distributors, due to the advantage of their volume of sales, no matter what
format was used, common or not. Amazon must be aware that "Kindle books"
are being read using other readers, all the time. Forcing their customers to
go through an extra effort to make their product usable cannot be good for
long term customer relations.
Luck;
Ken
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It is not necessarily Amazon that is forcing the DRM on the books, it is more likely the publishers requiring DRM. Amazon has a large number of books with no DRM, however most of those are from independent authors/publishers.