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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
I expect problems when/if Amazon switches to ePub, similar to those Sony had when they switched from LRX. They'll announce that their books are all going to be available in ePub--except the ones that have been pulled off the digital shelves (perhaps because the title has switched publishers); those books will only be available in mobi format to people who've already bought them.
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I disagree. Amazon
already support two file formats without really telling customers about it. Adding a third will be relatively simple.
I predict that they will start to support ePub ebooks, but not DRMed ePubs from Adobe, B&N or Apple. They will
add DRM-free ePub support while retaining their current DRM-free Mobipocket rendering ability, and also start to transition new titles over to a combined Mobipocket/ePub format (DRMed and DRM-free), while still selling and supporting Mobipocket and Topaz format ebooks.
Unlike the Sony transition from LRX to ePub, I think Amazon's transition to ePub will be gradual and invisible to consumers.