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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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Actually, they had TWO formats they abandoned. I believe they very briefly supported the rb format - along with Barnes and Noble - before moving on to DRM PDFs. Then they pulled out with little warning leaving those of us who had stuff in our "digital locker" high and dry.
Nonetheless I still buy from them today, but I'll only buy ebooks that I can back up sans DRM. I've lost access to too many books over the years and have no desire to start over again. Amazon, B&N, Gemstar, Fictionwise... The list goes on.