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Originally Posted by Rizla
To state that it is a simple matter for a non-Kindle user to buy and use a book from Amazon site is disingenuous. One must strip the DRM and then convert the mobi to an epub. This is not a simple process for someone who did not have a career in IT like you, Harry T. Why do you insist on ignoring this obvious fact?
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It's also disingenuous to not point out that this is only for a certain group of books, those using DRM (mainly from big publishers). There are literally hundreds of small publishers, digital first publishers and independent authors who sell Mobi format books that can be loaded on the Kindle very easily, many have offered the format for longer than the Kindle has existed. As for DRM stripping not being easy for someone without an IT career, my mother who barely uses a computer was able to set it up in about 15 minutes by following a plug-in tutorial for Calibre on Dear Author and conversion from there is two clicks.
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From another angle, am I right in thinking that Amazon is making it very difficult for non-Kindle users to buy e-books from Amazon? Can a Sony or a Kindle connect to the Amazon site and buy a book and load it *directly* onto their e-reader? No, they can't.
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And a Kindle can't connect directly to Sony to do the same. What's your point.