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Originally Posted by DMB
What you don't allow for is that millions of Kindle users are happy with their device and don't want a change to your preference. I have long been part of the Amazon world for book buying and am happy with that. I find the ebooks I want to read there unless they are subject to geographic restrictions. So far I haven't found any that are available in ePub in the UK and not mobi that I want to read. If necessary, I'd be prepared to buy the odd thing in ePub, strip the DRM and convert to mobi, but so far it hasn't been necessary.
Are you terribly inconvenienced by having a device that reads ePub and not mobi? If so, then perhaps you made the wrong choice, despite your view about the superior qualities of ePub.
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Amazon is fully able to add epub support to kindle, and not drop mobi support. Hell, Amazon actually made it more difficult for other companies to add mobi support (You're not allowed to have mobi DRM and support for any other DRM platform, due to Mobipocket's license terms). Really, the problem is more for people who want to move away from Amazon, which that number may increase this fall.