I was reading the thread/petition for Mobipocket on the Sony PRS-5xx readers & it got me to thinking...
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The prevalence of the Mobipocket format is bad for the ebook reader market.
Discuss.
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A few bullet points... (Too lazy to write out several paragraphs of text at the moment!)
- Amazon owns Mobipocket AND the Kindle. So it's in their interest to see the Kindle succeed. So why invest in long-term Mobipocket support for other devices, unless it is to ensure upselling to the Kindle from another ebook reader.
- Mobipocket DRM is fiercely protected. It is somewhat of an open secret that Mobipocket DRM can be the only DRM mechanism used on a specific ebook reader.
- Mobipocket has shown little/no interest in supporting OS X. Boo!
- There seems to be near-fanatical insistence by people for ebook readers that support Mobipocket. (I'm personally not sure why this is the case - I own no Mobipocket books, have no issue finding stuff to read in alternative formats and have no desire to buy mobipocket books).
Granted, the last point may be inflammatory
but in any case, I look forward to hearing what people have to say regarding mobipocket :P