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Old 05-11-2008, 03:15 AM   #42
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
But there are goodness knows how many DRM-free Mobi (and Kindle) books around, and these can be freely swapped between Kindle and Mobi devices. Kindle books ARE Mobi books.
Isn't that like going into a bookshop to be told 'We only sell out-of-copyright books but there are loads of them'?

Most of the books I really want are copyright and cannot be transferred. And I agree with Bob that the vast majority of users are not going to trawl the internet for [probably illegal] tools which appear and disappear like will-o-the-wisps.

Realistically, most people should not expect transfer between the two formats to be easy or even possible in the longer term.
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