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Originally Posted by delphidb96
Let's take my case in point. I've got well over 2,000 Secure Mobipocket ebooks.
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Good Heavens!
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(Okay, I've got over 4,900 DRM'd eReader ebooks as well, but let's take things one step at a time.) Why should I - if I decide to abandon the Cybook Gen3 - *PAY* over $200 to convert these already-purchased Secure Mobipocket ebooks?!? And until someone can give me such an application, I'm not buying a Kindle. Nosirree-Bob! Not gonna go there!
Derek
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Don't you think that's one of the benefits of DRM from the supplier's viewpoint - that fact that it effectively locks you in to that provider? To use an analogy I've used before, it's very similar to the way that SLR camera manufacturers all use different lens mounts. If you've already spent a fortune on Nikon lenses, when you buy a new camera you're probably not going to throw away that investment and buy a Canon camera - you're going to buy another Nikon camera body so you can continue to use your existing lenses. Similarly, you (like me) are going to continue buying reading devices which support MobiPocket you that you don't lose your investment in your eBooks.
We may not like it as consumers, but from the supplier's viewpoint it makes excellent business sense.