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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
My understanding is that Kobo makes the majority of money from selling books. Correct me if I am wrong. This is what I fail to understand about the big push for the access renderer. If they decide to go exclusively access than they cut off customers with non Kobo devices. Sure we can convert but even then some might resent the necessity and many people can't or won't. And it is not in a bookseller's interest to encourage conversion.
No skin off my nose, just do not understand the big picture I guess 
Helen |
Very likely, they are making more selling books than selling ereaders. The ACCESS renderer allows them to make money selling books in markets where the Adobe RMDSK renderer is not a viable product.
No one has suggested they would go exclusively ACCESS other than my comment which I've quoted in full below. As far as I know, no one is attempting to force Kobo to use only one renderer. And even if Kobo went with ACCESS exclusively, why do you assume that precludes their bookstore from continuing to sell both epub and kepub versions? It would cause issues for their ereader customers either downloading library books or purchasing books from other vendors, making them less desireable to own.
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Originally Posted by DNSB
My opinion is that if Kobo had to choose one renderer, at this point in time, Kobo would have to go with ACCESS -- one look at how an epub2 renderer handles Japanese typography gives you all the information you need to make that decision.
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Regards,
David