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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
I do get a bit tired of the "It doesn't have EPub" because the bookstore has enough books for folks with more mainstream and slightly less mainstream reading and because conversion is not difficult. In my opinion, it is a sill argument. I get that EPub is important to folks, fine, but please stop talking about the Kindle being tied into one store because it is not.
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Keep in mind that ePub does allow for somewhat more sophisticated layout than the Mobi format that Kindle uses. Probably not a major factor for 99% of the novels out there, but still.
And, unless you are willing and able to strip DRM, the Kindle
is absolutely tied to one store for the vast majority of new books published by major publishers.
I agree that being restricted to Amazon does not really restrict one's reading choice in any meaningful way. It does however mean that you may not be able to shop around for the best price on a book (particularly if the agency pricing model doesn't hold).
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Bill