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Old 11-21-2007, 11:52 AM   #68
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Originally Posted by Liviu_5 View Post
I never bought a Mobipocket drm book, and I do not intend to buy one or a Kindle edition as long as I cannot put them on any device I want.

This being said, to me it just does not make sense for Amazon to support 2 drm formats, so I think they will sell Mobipocket, they will shut it down or they will converge it with Kindle.

Considering the large number of Mobi books out there, the popularity hit they would take by shutting Mobi down is probably the one factor that stops them doing it now, so it's possible they will sell it.

Convergence with Kindle is unlikely since there is no reason they should not have done it originally, if they wanted so.
We're pretty sure that it's not two formats. Really. I've tested this. So far as I know, the only difference is the 2 or 3 bytes that indicate the retailer. If I knew where those bytes are in the header, I would be trying to get them to work right now..


EDIT: I just tested my theory. It didn't work.
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