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Originally Posted by eschwartz
The fact that you seem to have a problem with Amazon:
So, in what way is Amazon a worse offender? Kobo can do the same thing, you know.... and is far more likely than Amazon to go out of business, and thus to turn off their servers. I assume that is why you save your books in calibre, so... why can't you do the same thing for Kindle books?
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Maybe things have changed, but when I set off on this adventure (before the tools were reborn as GUI plugins), the discussions I read about tooling Kindle purchases were (to me) overwhelming. What I saw was people fretting about, e.g., particular versions of kindle4pc, and other things that made my hair stand on end. I don't apologize for feeling intimidated. In fact, my first FIRST ebook vendor of choice was not Kobo but B&N, because at the time, all you needed was python, a script, your login ID and credit card number to read the books on software you actually wanted to use.
I'm not trying to spread FUD about being an Amazon customer today. Sounds like things have improved on the tooling front. I'm happy to hear it is as easy today as it is. But back to me...
Then OverDrive (epubs) became my biggest "vendor" because they run lending for my local library, and had an Android client that worked like a charm. Then Google (offering locked epubs) partnered with my local indie bookstore, which made them my regular ebookstore. Then Kobo took over that business, so my brick-and-mortar loyalties lead me there. That's how I got where I am today: part customer loyalty, part path-of-least-resistance.
For ME, going the Amazon route adds nothing but complications TODAY to my process. Now, if Adobe forces my hand, I'm sure I'll find myself at Bezos' door..... Customer loyalties aside, I am NOT buying any e-book I can't tool. From anybody.