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Originally Posted by Eric Carroll
My implicit point exactly. The intent of TOR is clear. I want to support it.
The fact that I am hypertechnical and can get around all of this is not the point. Kobo is attempting to lock me in to their ecosystem and defeat the intent of the publishers (and presumably the authors).
They didn't start this way. Its not clear they intend to be this way. But it is the resulting direction.
So I am letting them know with my wallet not withstanding how much I love their ereaders. A voice of one, I know.
I just changed my buying to ebooks.com as it is in CDN $ and lets me download epub.
Thanks for dropping in Robert and expressing the author's perspective. I am off to vote with my wallet and purchase your latest from ebooks.com. If you can pass the word, maybe the publisher can apply some pressure.
[Great responses in this thread btw, thank you to all.]
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Kobo definitely didn't start out like this and according to their
About Us page aren't supposed to be doing this.
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Open Platform
Kobo believes people should be able to read on their terms. Our open platform, which supports the most popular formats including EPUB and PDF, allows readers to buy and read digital content from a variety of sources.
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