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Originally Posted by delphidb96
Jon,
I'm not so sure it's won anything. However, I do believe that if anyone is going to suffer over this, it will be Bookeen as well. And the reason I believe this is because now that Amazon has brought out it's own format (yeah, I *know* it's just a mobi PRC) with far more books available RIGHT NOW, I don't really see the need for Amazon to keep Mobipocket open. I believe one of Amazon's next moves will be to kill off Mobi.
Now the problem I see with this is that Whispernet is just here in the US, but as soon as they get it overseas, that means it will have the fastest, easiest method for selling and distributing ebooks - with the greatest number of titles. And don't you think most *major* publishers are going to want to have that part of the retail chain sewn up???
I hope this is not the case because I think the Cybook and PRS are far more flexible than the Kindle, but they're pitching it to the technophobe book readers out there and those people may well be sucked in.
Derek
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What I think is that this AZW format is just mobi format., But the difference is that you do not get the PID of your device(s). So closing Mobipocket would have an effect on Kindle books. AZW I think stands for AmaZon Whispernet hence the AZW. So basically, it would be a hidden PID for each device. But I also think there is one difference (at least I hope so). Images for the books would be large enough for the 6" screen instead of PDA sized. According to one of the various blogs/articles linked it said that Sony is working on it's on wifi reader. So we'll see how that goes if it really happens. The problem is that Amazon has the clout, the content, and (at present) the prices for the books to make a go of this.
For the average person, it's a great device. You just select your book, download it, and read away. They won't care about DRM or even know such exists. I do think that if Amazon was to close Mobipocket, that would be a real killer for ebooks in general. What I do think is that maybe Amazon might have Mobipocket be the central site in Europe for doing what they are doing in the USA.
I am hoping more people are correct in that the titles for AZW that are not in any other format will eventually make it to other formats. But we will just have to see what happens.