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Originally Posted by calibrated
An excellent point.
Actually, I'm doing what I can as a consumer. I bought their apparently subsidized Kindle Fire, but I'm using it to read epubs in Aldiko that I buy from Feedbooks, Google Books, and a couple of overseas retailers who shall remain nameless. I may have started my ebook collection with the Kindle, but I'm not going to stay locked into that ecosphere, or support efforts at monopolization.
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Good for you. As for me, this issue doesn't affect my reading habits. I read mostly public domain, library books, misc free titles, and the occasional $1 Kindle special offers.
For me, reading is recreational and if something I want to read isn't available from those sources, then I pass on it and find something that is.
I know we disagree on this point, but I'm not bothered by exclusivity deals. That said, I like your approach and wish others would do the same. Keep up the fight.
