Giggleton: Wow, I agree with you on something. (Third party development). On a piracy thread, no less.
& the tablet is a valid point. The Kindle doesn't look like a great platform for social media integration. Though I think their first aim is simply to produce a Nook competitor: Android hardware specifically designed for reading, which runs a Kindle app out of the box. I suspect the Nook colour has been a real eye-opener.
But I only agree because I'm ignoring your apparent definitions of "publisher" and "third party developer". I consider Amazon a third party developer, generally distinct from publishers. I wouldn't have thought Amazon would license their DRM to third-party developers on the tablet, or get rid of their own DRM. They're clearly not doing it for the benefit of third-party app developers using Adobe, or some other competing DRM ecosystem.
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