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Originally Posted by Harmon
But that's not really true. Amazon has lots of ways for you to read their books on other devices - just not on other EBRs.
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But why not? Why does BN, for example, allow me to read on other devices, including non-Nook readers (like my Jetbook Lite), while Amazon does not? The end result is that Amazon loses my business. That's fine with me, but I don't understand their business logic. Instead of simply losing me as a Kindle buyer, they lose me as a book buyer. And it's not just for e-books--now I am finding myself going to Amazon less, which means I'm not seeing their targeted recommendations for other items as well.
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Originally Posted by Harmon
I'm not entirely sure that the ebook retailers/publishers are trying to lock out readers. Nor am I sure that they are trying to make their proprietary EBRs necessary to reading their ebooks, although I wouldn't rule that motive out.
What I think is that they really really believe that DRM is good, and accomplishes its purpose of preventing piracy & copying. Any other reason is secondary.
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I don't know WHAT they think they're doing. I am not a techie by any means, and if I could learn how to get around it with a few Google searches, surely DRM is not stopping anyone bent on large-scale piracy. So what is the point?