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Originally Posted by Kitabi
If their only concern is being able to innovate rapidly enough, why not license Kindle OS and AZW/TPZ formats to other hardware makers?
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Why license AZW if you are making money and your business model is working? Makes no sense. If you are a business owner and people are buying from your store, you want to maintain that relationship, actually, you want to nurture it.
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Originally Posted by Kitabi
On the other hand, why not support ePub format - Amazon supports several other formats so why not ePub? It can continue selling in AZW if it wants.
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What some people do not not know is that Kindle was 1st, then ePub; at that point in time just MOBI was the option, the best one. So they took MOBI, add encryption and search capabilities and then you have azw. Kindle was already in R&D when ePub was fully approved and well known. Supporting ePub implies a major change in business strategy which again, makes no sense if you are the #1 e-reader producer and #1 ebook seller.
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Originally Posted by Kitabi
It may be good for their business but it isn't good for customers.
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Actually, it is good for both! Kindle users are happy with Amazon. Most of them have years dealing with Amazon and its business model. They buy the book and read it in seconds, think about it? It looks simple, but no one had that concept before. They redesigned the way to sell books; whatever came later , Sony, Nook, Kobo, etc is a "me too" business, like Bezos says himself.
For the records: I hate DRM protection and ebook format battle. It sucks!