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Originally Posted by emellaich
I am reasonably comfortable with Amazon and buy many books from them. However, to set the record straight for some of the newer folks, in the ebook world: amazon has already abandoned one ebook format . They used to be in the market with a format before Mobi. Then they closed down their ebook store, and took a hiatus for a while.
Anyone who bought one of these original Amazon ebooks, would have to rebuy it in Kindle format today.
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This is why I prefer the default formats with anything. I've seen camera makers drop Raw support for their older camera's in new programs, fully knowing that the older programs didn't run on newer operating systems. Therefore I use software to convert anything to Dng, as soon as possible. (My current cameras even shoots Dng natively.) This is also the reason why I refuse to buy computer games that require an always on internet connection. If EA, or another publisher takes the authentication server offline, your game is done for.
And, your explanation is precisely why I immediately strip drm from any book and convert it to epub (but I archive all versions: the original, the stripped one, and the resulting epub).