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Originally Posted by queentess
This is only partially true: Kindle can't read non-Amazon DRM, but it does read plenty of non-DRM'ed files, so there is no lock-in to Amazon. FYI, this is not a Kindle issue, it is a DRM issue. For example, Sony's hardware doesn't let me read Amazon DRM either.
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Yes, DRM is the issue. But I gave three reasons why I ignored non-DRM ebooks.
There are a number of online books stores that sell Adobe
adept corrupted ebooks, which say they support Sony. Sony doesn't control them. If anyone does, it's Adobe, but I don't think that would be accurate.
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Originally Posted by queentess
What?
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I thought the paragraph that you
what-ed was well written and cogent. The point here is the implication of ebooks on the long tail. Amazon figured out years ago what I just started thinking about a few months ago. They've taken action to make it difficult for a startup to easily liberate a bunch of their customers.