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Originally Posted by daffy4u
It would be cool if they did. Maybe charge extra ($1?) for the conversion which would have to go through Amazon. The more books sold, the better for Amazon.
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Well, it depends on what business model Amazon is pursuing. Apple showed that they can dominate the market with the iTunes store only working on their product. Admittedly, the DRM thing for itunes is moving around a little but that is largely dictated by the publishers and book publishers have traditionally been far less experimental than music companies.
So if Amazon just wants to sell books... yes, it could be a good thing. If Amazon wants to control the hardware and sell books that's a different issue. Of course, the DRM schemes used by various ebook companies is often proprietary as well.. they'd have to go along with it as well. Would Sony be willing to drop their store to allow their devices to use the store? I dunno.
But here's hoping!