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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
I always find it odd when people insist on practicing ecosystem monogamy. We aren't faithful to any one writer, so why would we choose to be true to corporations that will never be true to us?
Own a Kindle, Kobo and Sony, if you like. One for each generation in which that particular company happened to get it right.
Take advantage of Kobo discount codes and Amazon special sales whenever you like. Convert formats at will and enjoy your books on whichever device you favor that day.
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Oh, I can de-DRM and covert formats with the best of them. I've been e-reading since LONG before Amazon bought Mobipocket (I remember when a Palm Pilot was the hot new gadget).
My resistance to the Kindle format is simply that after all these years, we finally have an ebook format that everyone (but Amazon) supports. epub is the standard, even though we are still hampered with DRM (and most DRM on epub seems to be of the Adobe variety).
I am doing my small bit and fighting the good fight. One day, DRM on ebooks will be gone, just like it is on MP3 music files. DRM is evil and only inconveniences the average user. Yes, I can remove it and really "own" the books I purchase. The average smuck can only rent what they paid money for.
And lest you think that my little protest and that of others will have no effect, I also remember when most popular software came on floppy disks and was "protected". Enough users complained about this that now you rarely see "protected" software any more.
Now where did I leave that suit of armor and my steed?
Joe