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Originally Posted by viviena
They are? I must admit, I'm surprised by this. What online bookstores and sources for books offer non-DRMed MOBI which aren't otherwise available in EPUB? That's the only way I can see how non-DRMed MOBIs would outnumber EPUBs.
EDIT: Or perhaps you were referring to how Amazon's selection of ebooks outnumbers everybody else's, and that includes non-DRMed MOBIs?
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There are a large number of books here on Mobileread that are not available in EPUB but are available in Mobi; this is due to the large head start that Mobi received. Also, as you point out, there are a large number of DRM free mobis in the Amazon store. Conversely, there are very few books that are available in Epub that are also not available in Mobi. So, DRM-wise, Amazon leads in selection. In non-DRM books, the Kindle leads simply because of the number of mobis that have not been converted to EPUB and, again, due to the selection in the Amazon Kindle store. Don't get me wrong, this Sony is awesome. I love the touchscreen and the portability. But the Kindle is a fine device as well.