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Originally Posted by Kitabi
So, inability to read B&N's DRM'd books on other EPUB readers is only a temporary handicap (like Kindle's lack of lending feature). At any rate, you are not compelled to buy from B&N to read books on the Nook. Books bought from sellers like Sony, Kobo etc can be read by Nook AS IS.
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It is not temporary, it is a fact! And basically put B&N books on the same Amazon's predicament: you cannot read Amazon or B&N books outside of their own world, not without removing DRM protection. So it is the same thing, just seeing from a different perspective or lens (Amazon or B&N)
The point is not just epub, mobi, azw, the main thing is buying from an online bookstore where you can find all or most of your favorites titles.
So yes, a "universal" ebook format would awesome for customers and will get rid of the switching ereaders and buying books problem, but that is not happening right now and pushing ePub as a format would be the same as pushing azw, after all, Amazon is #1 seller in books and ereaders. So, why we should push ePub for 2 or 3 ereaders that have just a minor share of the market and not pushing for azw?