No they wouldn't and that's my point !
They would have
NON DRM epub support (In other words you could only read open NON DRM or DRM Stripped epubs in this hypothetical Kindle reader) so guys like me just take my NON DRM'd collection to my new epub compatible PW, thus entering inside Amazon's environment. From there, my next purchase would logically be at Amazon's since they are cheaper. What's more, if I were still tempted to buy an epub elsewhere I would not, because my new PW would not read DRM epubs. From there, why bother buying more expensive epubs elsewhere and then have to bother stripping the DRM when I can with my new PW buy Amazon's cheaper books without DRM issues ? (It would be a win/win for Amazon as well as me the customer)
From there the pressure would be on the other companies to dump Adobe's evil DRM system or sell books at a higher price and with annoying DRM's (Which do you think the customers will choose ?)
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Originally Posted by HarryT
But in order to be compatible with ADE devices, Amazon would then need to use Adobe's DRM system, because you know as well as I do that most publishers won't sell books without DRM. That would then mean that Amazon would have to use Adobe Content Server and pay Adobe their 22c per transaction. The result would be that Amazon would: (a) be paying huge sums of money to Adobe (which would be very poor for them in business terms), and (b) have to raise prices to cover those costs. Where's the incentive for Amazon to do that?
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Are you so sure I'm Adobe's bit** ?
Why do you think my Epubs are not DRM'd ...
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Originally Posted by HarryT
The ePub market is not "open" - you're playing in Adobe's "walled garden" just as I'm playing in Amazon's. The different between us is that I'm happy opening the gate and going elsewhere, and you're not.
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