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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Sony tried that before going with ePub. It was the fault of Mobipocket/Amazon that Sony did not go with Mobipocket.
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Amazon changed the Mobipocket SDK ToS to restrict against using Mobipocket on a system that supports another form of DRM. Sony's option would have been to completely drop their LRF file format, leaving everyone who'd already purchased books completely out in the dark, or go with ePub/ADEPT. Also considering that books purchased for the Kindle aren't directly compatible with plain jane MobiPocket, due to how Amazon handles PID's, there wasn't much of a reason to go that way. If I remember right, Sony did comment at one point that Mobi was considered.
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Originally Posted by carld
If they don't do Kindle then they aren't customers.
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They don't even have the chance to be customers. A customer is someone who buys a product or service from you. In this case, by choosing to be exclusive in one format, you're refusing to accept money from anyone who doesn't use that format.
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Originally Posted by ApK
Saying a billion dollar company with the most successful ereader, and most popular ebook store is "shooting themselves in the foot" for not taking another path might be slightly over-stating it.
I'd agree that they could reach even more people and and have even more happy customers by adopting ADE/epub.
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The most recent study I've seen shows that world wide the Kindle has a 48% market share. Basically if you're exclusive kindle, you're telling every other prospective buyer that you're not willing to accept their money.
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Originally Posted by ucfgrad93
Why not?
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If you multiquote, then things will not appear properly to those who view the forum using the threaded option. It only is useful to those who view posts in a linear fashion.