Thread: How can we convince Amazon to sell ePub format?
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Old 12-20-2010, 06:03 AM   #147
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Originally Posted by Jellby View Post
Exactly. You have a Kindle reader app for the systems that support installing apps (PCs, smartphones, whatever), but when the reading app is built-in with the firmware, the Mobipocket contract prevents other vendors to include other DRM mechanisms with the Mobipocket one. Bookeen has to provide two different firmwares: one with Mobipocket DRM, one with Adobe DRM, because Mobipocket (i.e., Amazon) won't let them bundle both in a single firmware.
Well, that sucks. Guess they wanna go the way of the dinosaurs.
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