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Originally Posted by nboshart
..., why would they make it easy for the competition to sell books to their readers?
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This is a surprisingly common misconception.
If Amazon starts selling ebooks in EPUB format (as I and others want), this would have no effect whatsoever on the Kindle. It would not enable Kindle owners to be unfaithful.
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Originally Posted by nboshart
The only thing that would make them bend is if all the EPUB retailers, especially Barnes & Noble, standardized their DRM so EPUBs could be read on all devices.
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I started to object to this, but you may have a point.
Do I understand correctly that the Nook cannot buy Adept-DRM EPUB books from other bookstore sites? If that's the case, then yes, your point makes sense. If B&N would get on board and corrupt their books the same as everyone else (with Adobe Adept), then Amazon might feel a little more pressure to not totally forfeit that market.