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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
However, Amazon might consider (and I assume this is possible) a one-time per device software upgrade for a fee -- $10 for example -- which allows you to install a module which will recognize and decode Adobe ADE files.
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I wonder if someone with the Kindle Software Development Kit is already working on this. If you look at the guidelines on their web site, I would say it is ambiguous as to whether it would be allowed:
https://kindlepublishing.amazon.com/...s%2Fkdk%2Fhome
One conceivable problem is that if this would increase 3G traffic, AT&T might have to be compensated out of the app's revenue. This kind of concern is mentioned in the link above. Maybe there is a way to in the SDK to block such use, but I can only guess if or how it could work.
While it is quite possible that there is a carefully considered anti-public-library business strategy in place here, you can't rule out disorganization. Maybe Amazon assigned a programmer to it and he or she was incompetent. Maybe Amazon will be glad for their app store to sell such, Amazon of course then getting its cut.
Because Amazon is a rather secretive company, you can speculate all day. It will be interesting to see what they allow in their app store once ramped up.