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Originally Posted by RockdaMan
It is not optimal, but everyone has access in some way that does not involve stripping and converting. At minimum, there is the PC.
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I did not buy my 650 in order to sit at the computer and read eBooks purchased from Amazon. So that's really not an option. You really don't get it. Lots of people who have a portable reader got it so they are not tethered to the computer. So how is this an option when it's not an option? The option is for F&SF to keep making their magazine in multiple formats. When they stop doing that, they lose customers. They also lose any sort of respect they may once have had.
You need to get with reality and realize that not everyone is going to want to read on an alternate device just because F&SF have moved to Amazon. You also need to understand that we are not going to pander to Amazon. What we are going to do is stop paying money for F&SF. We are going to move on and let them hopefully fail as they'll have less customers.
This is a rather stupid business decision by the people in charge. You have to understand that just because something can be done doesn't mean people want to do it. You will find a lot of people will not want to head over to Amazon to buy F&SF. It could be for a number of different reasons. But each reason is valid.
Not everyone thinks Jeff Bezos is a god like you do. He's made a lot of mistakes since the Kindle came out and this is just yet another mistake. There is no perfect reader and there is no perfect company selling readers and/or eBooks. But this exclusive deal makes Amazon & F&SF even less perfect then they were before.
Look at things from the point of view of someone who bought a reader that's not made by Amazon. Did they buy the reader to then have to read on the computer? No. They bought the reader to be able to read away from the computer.
The more you say there are options, the sillier you look. Are they valid options? Not to a lot of people. To a lot of people, your options aren't options at all.
You say everyone has access in some way. Show me how I have access to an eBook from Amazon that will work on my 650 without having to convert to ePub? I don't read eBooks on my iPhone. So that's out. I don't read eBooks on the laptop or computer so that's out. So what do I have left? My 650. So can you show me how I can buy ePub from Amazon?