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Originally Posted by AGB
Kindle over here (EU) is non-existant. Epub is the standard and as such it is much better, more open.
Yes, I realise that with DRM on top of it (B&N or otherwise) it's not quite as open as non-drm'd files, but that's the same with MP4s/AAC: It's an open format, no matter if Apple have decided to implement their own flavour of DRM on top of it.
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Kindle is still significant in europe and growing all the time, particularly with the various apps boosting its popularity, it is just that it is nowhere near the dominant player like it is in north america.
Also, if the .co.uk local site is merely the first of many launches of new stores that in combination with the low price of the k3 models then they could grow even quicker in the countries where they are weakest providing that they don't fall into the trap of thinking that all the countries are fairly similar except for a different language.