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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
You can get MobiPocket format ebooks from a lot of places, and Mobi books without DRM can be side-loaded and read just fine.
If you want to purchase a commercial title for the Kindle, you must either buy from Amazon, or buy from elsewhere and strip the DRM, to enable you to read it. And since Amazon is likely to have a substantially lower price than other vendors, why would the average user want to purchase from other than Amazon?
Amazon wants to sell you ebooks, and be your sole source vendor for purchased titles.
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Dennis
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Just a quick note...
There is no such thing as DRM-free AZW. AZW without DRM is Mobipocket. AZW is just Mobipocket with a different PID.