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Originally Posted by wallcraft
It is a strategy Amazon has adopted of locking down all Kindle ebooks just to the Kindle, even though DRMed MOBI ebooks would work perfectly well on the Kindle if Amazon let them. DRM is for the convenience of the publisher, or in this case of the device maker, not the consumer. One way this backfires is that it forces readers to either strip the DRM, or buy an ebook twice or, as in this case, forgo a needed capability.
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That's why it's important to do your research properly before you buy. If buying MobiPocket books is important to you, it doesn't really make a great deal of sense to buy a Kindle.