Thread: How can we convince Amazon to sell ePub format?
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Old 12-22-2010, 11:55 AM   #166
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Originally Posted by Kitabi
IMHO, Amazon simply does not need the format restriction crutch to drive business. In fact, if they side with customers on the format and DRM issues, they would further win goodwill. In the face of all this, Amazon's insistence on proprietary is bewildering to many, including me.
I don't see Amazon allowing any ePub on the store anytime soon. The deal with the readers is that the Kindle gets you Amazon books easier, and the Nook gets you B&N books easier. That's their purpose. Amazon doesn't want you to be able to read B&N books easier, and vice versa. If the Nook can suddenly read Amazon books, that's a threat to B&N. If you want books from both stores, you have to get a tablet, because tablets are platform-agnostic.
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