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Originally Posted by RZetlin
Kindle is a proprietary format that is only open to Amazon.
Amazon has adapted the same tactics as Apple with a close ecosystem.
You are stuck with Amazon telling you on how to use your device.
Kobo on the other hand offers more freedom.
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It's only the DRM that is a problem. I sell mobi files of my books on my blog and I have been able to purchase mobi files from other vendors--with no DRM. The biggest impediment is that many people don't know how to sideload or email it to their kindle. That one-click delivery makes ebooks very accessible to those who don't have the know-how (and don't want it). It's still my belief that the download direct is what made it possible for ebooks to take off. There are countless people who aren't tech savvy and don't want to be. They click, they buy. It's there.
Example: Even the free short stories in my online store did not get a lot of downloads--until Amazon created the "send to kindle" button. Voila. All of a sudden when I featured an author/story with that Send to Kindle button? Hundreds of downloads compared to probably one a month in the past. Because it doesn't involve TIME. People aren't THAT interested in short stories...but free? And I don't have to save it and sideload it later...it goes to my device so it's there if I care later??? Genius.