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Originally Posted by TallMomof2
If you are in the US then there really is no "shopping around" because of the Agency 5 price fixing agreement. The publisher sets the price and the agent, used to be the retailer, cannot sell for less than that price. There are still publishers that don't set the price and those can be discounted by the retailer.
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I specifically said I could shop around for NON-Agency books, and noted that Kobo was especially a great place to shop because of the coupons, which I've used on a multitude of Random House books. You can't buy from Kobo without manipulating the files.
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Originally Posted by TallMomof2
I love my Kindle not just because of the Kindle store but because the only time I've had to connect it to my PC was when I loaded the screensaver hack. I can send all my books and periodical content wirelessly at no additional cost. To me that's more important than ePub. If I want it's trivial to remove DRM and convert.
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Connectivity isn't the issue. This thread was discussing formats.
As far as removing DRM and converting, assuming one is not deterred by any legal or moral issues (especially in regard to library books), I can respond in kind--I can do that to Amazon books too, so that negates the supposed advantage of Amazon's greater inventory.
Again, I'm happy that Kindle owners are happy. But for all practical purposes, you are locked in to Amazon. Why deny it?