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Originally Posted by Katsunami
If that were true, then Amazon would be selling EPUB, which is compatible to much more e-readers than MOBI/AZW nowadays.
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Is there a smartphone, tablet, or desktop that Kindle software
doesn't run on? Hell, they even have a Web reader. They can safely ignore other e-ink formats, because they've got software for almost any device imaginable.
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Originally Posted by Katsunami.
Yes, Amazon makes money selling e-books, but they want you to read them on Kindle only, or in one of their apps, not on someone else's reader, and not in someone else's app. The reason probably is that the Kindle uploads information to Amazon, while other readers and apps would upload information to their manufacturer. (It's also the reason why my e-reader is permanently disconnected from Wifi.)
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I think the reason has more to do with protecting their e-book sales. The Kindle is a kiosk to the Kindle store. It doesn't help them to give users another reason to use other readers, because that's more sales for them in
their kiosks. And Kindle is the big kahuna when it comes to e-ink readers.
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Originally Posted by Katsunami
It would be great if I could buy only the GOOD chapters in each book 
It's more often the case that I hate a chapter in a book, than me hating enough of a music album to want only one or two songs. |
I usually buy whole albums, too, but we're a dying breed.
