I have a different perspective as I'm in Europe. Of course I understand the issue but Amazon is not a big player for me here in this part of the world. B&N may not even exist, it's so irrelevant. Here is more Adobe DRM on epubs and pdfs - but hear hear, I already saw watermarked epubs on sale as well as non DRMed ones. There is quite a number of online bookstores to choose from, I turn to Amazon out of boredom if I REALLY cannot find something I fancy in my language. I'm not too fond of reading in English if I don't have to. Plus, ereaders used in Europe are not tied to any platform if I am not mistaken.
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