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Originally Posted by niceboy
It seems that Kindle has very rudimentary file handling while it has invested in some weird social media functionality. I just can't imagine users want to tweet excerpts or share highlights and such more than they want library sub-directories etc.
I wonder what you think about this? Do you think it is a result of classic suits treading on coders? Design by Marketing?
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I think they're targeting normal people, not geeks. I'm a geek, but I don't care about the Kindle's file handling. If I want to move/rename/copy/whatever files, I'll plug it into a USB port and use my computer to do it. I doubt I'll ever need to do that, though.
Personally, I don't use the Facebook/Twitter functionality either, and I doubt I ever will. I imagine most people would be much more interested in that than being able to move files around, though.
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Originally Posted by niceboy
Also, what drives Amazon to resist native ePub reading... is it about DRM or about store competition? Epub can have DRM? Locking out Overdrive seems to be an odd business strategy since the heavy book buyers seem to also be the heavy library users.
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At the moment, a Kindle owner doesn't need to own a computer. You can buy books on the Kindle, and they get delivered to the Kindle direct. Could they do the same with DRM'd ePubs? If not, I'd guess that's one reason, though it doesn't explain why it won't read unprotected ePubs.
I guess the other thing is that they want the Kindle to be tied to Amazon. As things stand, books bought for the Kindle only work on the Kindle (and Kindle apps), so if you buy a Kindle it's difficult to move to another e-reader.