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Old 12-22-2010, 02:16 PM   #170
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Originally Posted by bhartman36 View Post
Selling encrypted EPUB that the Kindle can't read makes the Kindle less attractive. Keeping the store exclusively Kindle format makes the Kindle more valuable (and thus makes it easier to sell Amazon's books).
Surely they would only sell a book in EPUB format if they also sell it in a format Kindle can read.
This would have no effect on the Kindle's value.
It would only result in more ebook sales.

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Originally Posted by bhartman36 View Post
If Amazon sells encrypted books that some other reader can read (other than Kindle) that makes the other device more attractive, and binds the customer more closely to the store that supports that device.
But what can the other store do that Amazon can't do better?
Wouldn't they just steal the whole show?
I really don't see the downside for Amazon.
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