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Originally Posted by pdurrant
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.
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I agree that if it's done like this, it'll be a lot less stressful. What I worry about is whether they'll stop supporting mobi at some point. They might want to allow ADE, so people can read their B&N purchases on a Kindle, and the licensing doesn't allow for DRM mobi & epub on the same device. (The fact that they own the license and could presumably make an exception for themselves hasn't seemed to matter so far.) Yes, it could be done almost invisibly, and fairly smoothly. The problems come if they decide to transition entirely, and have to remove titles that they no longer have permissions for and can't translate to the new format.
You lost me. "Combined Mobi/ePub format?"