Thread: Can JK Rowling bring on e-book standardization?
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Old 07-27-2011, 08:20 PM   #143
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Originally Posted by DMB View Post
I'm not unhappy to be locked into Amazon by the Kindle format, because
  1. mobi is adequate for my reading needs
  2. In recent years I have bought nearly all my dt books from Amazon, so it's a seamless transition
  3. If JK Rowling doesn't choose to publish in mobi format, then too bad. I just won't buy the books.
  4. Amazon makes getting books onto the Kindle very straightforward.
Sure, you may not be bothered not being able to buy the HP series for the Kindle, but I can see a lot of outcry if this is what comes to pass. Amazon will have to do something about it and the only way they could would be to add ePub to the Kindles.
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