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Originally Posted by koland
Personally, I do check the listing - for just reason stated. saying "christianbook" doesn't tell me if the book works on Kindle (nor if it is available worldwide - both items are in the details).
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I don't bother checking DRM status except if it's a niche publisher who freebied exclusively @ CB, but do check regional availability there, probably for the inverse reasons that you do. DRM is easier to overcome than geo-restrictions (and their checkout seems pretty picky about which VPN IP proxies you use if you're outside the US and will block a "purchase" from certain common ones).
As for the other stores and formats, it would seem that store info (and knowing which store sells what) carries the automatic implication of most-likely region/format/DRM, details of which may be further noted in the update info, whereas the reciprocal does not hold true from format/DRM status alone. So while the title may end up more cluttered, the info it provides is more succinct and efficient in the long run, IMHO.
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Originally Posted by koland
For those that want to know exactly which store, it isn't onerous to just read the thread. It's not as though there is enough room to keep putting every store in the title, any more than their is to note every single geographic restriction.
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Frankly, I think a store-less format/DRM-based title disproportionately favours US-based Kindle users who can easily scan without opening to see if something can be made to work for their reader without much hassle, while people in other countries with other models have to do more thread digging to find out.
That said, for the more obscure stores, I do make a point of putting what format it's in if they're the primary outlet and it's not well known (eg. Copia ADE-ePub) and sometimes skip the store entirely (as for AllRomance's Xmas countdown) and I'd be perfectly fine with the 2nd+ duplicate ADE-ePub/MultiFormat outlet being noted exactly as such.
In any case, whoever's noting the updates can also note whatever information they feel is most important and should be included in the title, if they like.
It's pretty much a moot point once a freebie's been posted in any store, since anyone interested enough with a different reader will also go looking for it at their regular places anyway.