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Originally Posted by auspex
You seem not to have noticed the actually important part. I download from Amazon even though I don't have a Kindle, because I have the ability to strip the DRM AND convert the book format. That's not legal in the US. As for kindle software being available on "tons of hardware", none of that hardware is other dedicated e-readers, while nothing ties your B&N or Kobo download to their hardware.
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And it is not legal to do that on an ADE book, in order to put it on the greater number of Kindles.
This is besides the fact that, as DiapDealer pointed out, Kobo has been increasingly putting up books with only KEPUB (Oh. Em. Gee. A Kobo-hardware-only format) and no ADE DRM download.
B&N isn't doing that (yet, but who knows?) so yes, there is still one retailer that
only restricts you to ADE-compatible devices.
But it sure isn't *just* an Amazon thing, so I truly admire your excellent research skillz.
Also, since when did anyone care about the legality of DeDRMing ebooks? I am pretty sure the general position on it ranges from "huh
" to "screw that", so anyone who actually wants to read Kindle books on a Kobo will also know how to do it and not have any qualms about doing so. In other words, what a pointlessly theoretical complaint.
On the other hand, good luck reading a KEPUB on a Kindle.
All hail B&N, the only bastion of Adobe strength left in the defense against Overlord Amazon.
