Thread: So What would YOU change about the Kindle ?
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Old 02-18-2011, 12:16 PM   #67
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Originally Posted by jocampo View Post
Some people say they want ePub support,

but how are we going to read/use ePub books if they are DRM protected anyway, let's say a B&N DRM protected book, breaking the protection? If that's the case, is basically what some folks are doing now, even without epUb support: break the DRM, once broken, convert from ePub to MOBI via Calibre. Am I missing something here?

I think the request should be, asking for DRM elimination, which of course I think is very unlikely. Or, request Public Library support via Kindle. Last one I'm sure would benefit some users.
For me, the reason was that I'd much prefer maintaining a library of epub books than mobi or both. They are much better/safer for long-term archives, and I like the ability to unzip and edit .epub, and I like the ability to use better formatting with css, etc.

Having said that, Amazon's page numbering breakthrough with support for apnx files (that I can automatically create with calibre based on amount of visible text) tipped the scales back toward reading mobi. (although I'll still create epub copies for archival use)
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