Thread: e-Readers that don't require ISBN's
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Old 02-10-2011, 01:06 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by Worldwalker View Post
I believe that the Kindle is the only e-reader that's actually tied to a specific company, in that you have to email your own documents to an address at Amazon to have them loaded, and I'm not even sure about that. Maybe you can just hook up a cable, like you can with all the rest.
Kindle isn't tied to Amazon any more than Nook is tied to B&N. Everything can be side-loaded if you choose to. I choose to purchase some books from Amazon because it's convenient, but I'm not required to.

I know that Amazon requires an ISBN if you want to tie an ebook to the paper version of the same book. Otherwise, from what I know, Amazon will assign your book an ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number), which is just for Amazon's database purposes.
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