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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
I guess my biggest problem with this discussion is that the onus has been placed on Amazon to change.
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So why is the onus on Amazon? My guess is that Borders and BN choose EPub precisely because they didn't want their customers buying from Amazon.
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I've stated the problem as needing Amazon to sell EPUBs because that seems like the
most likely way that non-Kindle-eReader owners like me will
ever be able to be buy DRM-corrupted eBooks from Amazon.
(For discussion, let us ignore the ever-present option to strip DRM.)
The
only other way I can imagine is to have Sony, B&N, Borders and all the others license Amazon's AZW encryption scheme and offer firmware updates for existing readers. (How likely is that?)
Consider the advantage: Adobe Adept corruption is controlled by
a third party to everyone. That is, Adobe is not owned by Sony, B&N, Borders or Amazon. So all sellers would be on a level playing field. Yet Amazon would retain total control of all access to Kindles. (They would NOT have to enable Adept on Kindles if they start selling Adept EPUBs.)
As for
EPUB vs MOBI, I wouldn't be opposed to Amazon selling corrupted Mobi books in a such a way that I could read them on my Sony Reader. I just focus on EPUB because it seems to be an excellent, open and widely-used format. I still haven't read even one Mobi ebook, so I can't compare.