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Originally Posted by Avarwen
Give it a few years as soon as ebooks become the main way to read books Amazon will more than likely be forced to use epub. As more ereaders are released and are successful (most using ebup or Adobe DRM ) Amazon will feel the pinch and be forced to give in.
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Yeah, but this is not what's happening. What's happening is that Amazon is crushing the epub competition. That's one of the main reasons that Amazon won't be switching...because their current model is wildly successful.
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I don't see many people rebuying books for the Kindel then if they choose to switch over to the Nook buying the books again. For now it's not a major problem but later as ebooks become the norm it may well be a big pain in the butt that will help people chose what ereader to buy.
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This is another reason that Amazon won't switch to epub. Fear of being locked into a dying format is probably why Kindle will win out, and why DRM epub may already be dead.
Once VHS pulled ahead of Betamax, it was over for betamax because people were afraid of being stuck with an incompatible format so everyone bought VHS. SD cards have largely driven out competing cards (SmartMedia, xD, CF, Memory Stick, etc.) for the camera market. Blu-Ray drove out HD-DVD. Etc.
No one wants to be trapped in a dying format, or buy into a dying format, if it means that nothing will be able to read their media in the future, or if it means that their media won't be available in the future.