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Old 11-19-2007, 01:56 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by delphidb96 View Post
Guys,

You're all missing one *CRITICAL* point. The .AZW files are *ONLY* available for purchase by those people who have bought and *REGISTERED* an Amazon Kindle!!! And you have to download the .AZW ebooks through Amazon's Whispernet-which means you have to download it directly into the Kindle via their proprietary cell-phone network!

That creates two problems. First, getting the .AZW ebooks out of the Kindle and into the PC. Second, as this is a US-only phone network, getting those same ebooks overseas.

Yep. The Amazon Kindle is a solution seeking both a problem *AND* a customer base.

And did you all notice the price per book?

Derek
Want to bet that in a few months, Amazon will be complaining a lot about pirated books, cracked from the .AZW format and available for free via P2P?
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