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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
Mobipocket books can be sold, and most often are, with DRM. I think the general point, is that Amazon could sell "kindle" books for people who have Mobipocket Reader installed on their PC, vs. only to Kindle owners. They don't, because of the dedrm tools and conversion tools that would then let evil pirates (gasp!) read the books on their Sony Reader or Cybook.
My point is, they probably wouldn't lose a single Kindle sale if they did, and they would defintely gain more book sales.
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I agree. If I ran the company, that's what would be done. But, I don't feel screwed by Sony when a book is only available in lrf format ... so I guess I don't see why others should feel screwed by Amazon just because a book is only available in azw format.
Or maybe I'm just missing some part of the picture?? Is it possible to convert lrf easily into mobi format??
And, would these be the mobi with drm that I can't actually read on my Kindle??
Given that azw is just mobi with a particular type of drm attached to it .... again, why would Amazon sell it to someone who doesn't own a Kindle, given that the only way it would be useful would be if the purchaser stripped off the drm??