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Originally Posted by montalex
Yes, I do see your point. Of course, that is exactly what Apple, B&N, Sony and other ebook sellers do -- attempt to negotiate exclusive contracts with publishers. Maybe Amazon has more success, because they are so big. To me, this wouldn't be a problem if Amazon sold books in epub also. I still see it as a DRM problem, because, what would be the problem if you had to buy the book from Amazon? Their prices are usually quite good. The only problem is that you can't read them on anything but Kindle without conversion.
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You can't go by the people on MR. A lot of us know how to strip DRM and convert. But even more people do not and those are the people most hurt by exclusive deals. We know more about Amazon's exclusive deals as we get press releases about them. So Amazon makes their exclusive deals in our faces. It's like giving a raspberry to all the people who do read eBooks just not Kindle eBooks.