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Old 12-21-2010, 01:18 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by ProfCrash View Post
You are not locked into Amazons store. There are plenty of sites to buy Non DRMed Mobi books for the Kindle. It just happens that Amazons store is huge so many people buy their books from Amazon.

Heck, people with Sony's and Nooks, and Kobo's buy books from Amazon that they can't find at other sites. Many folks have posted on this. They buy from Amazon, strip the DRM, convert, and put them on their EPub reading device.
You're right about non-DRM ebooks, that's why I only referenced DRM ebooks.

As for stripping DRM, in an ideal world there would be no DRM. In a semi-ideal world, everyone could easily strip the DRM and not be bothered with it. But
  • Stripping DRM is a bother for all and is more difficult than some users can handle
  • Some users take the threats seriously and either fear legal action or God's displeasure
  • I suspect all DRM providers are busy scheming how they can defeat the current stripping software, which they may do
  • Most websites only allow oblique references to how to do it, so there is no plethora of step-by-step instruction sites as there is for any other imaginable task you want to do on your computer.

It's Amazon's demonstrated capability that is the issue. OK, they gave the books back. But any potential buyer should be aware that Amazon is a big brother looking over their shoulder. Obviously that doesn't bother you. I would hate it.

And absolute price ranges are usually more flexible than a buyer states. Especially when something as good as the PRS-650 is available.
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