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Originally Posted by tsgreer
Buy isn't the same issue for a Sony Reader? They have their own DRM as well...
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Absolutely...
My reason for pointing out the new "service" from Fictionwise is not anything more then one could already do simply via buying ebooks in a format Amazon already converts, download it then just email it to your Kindle email address...just so long as the title is not DRM.
Since Fictionwise nor even Mobipocket are able to sell you DRM'd content piped through AmazonKindle to your Kindle, it seems more a bit of marketing "smoke and mirrors" then any significant change in services offered by Fictionwise...for now anyway. Of course if one uses their Kindle to shop on the Fictionwise site, or other book seller sites, it is a nice bonus of being able to have the book emailed to Amazon to be converted and eventually sent to your Kindle, all w/o a PC. Even if it does cost a whole dime.
It does seem though Amazon is really going to try and unify the whole DRM'd ebook thing soon as possible...just as long as it runs through them on a Kindle. Then hopefully Amazon can then license out the format to other hardware mfg's, especially PDA folks who need/prefer the added functionality of a PDA and ebook reader in a single device.