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Originally Posted by Purple Lady
But if it's ADE 2.x, then you can use it on any reader that uses standard Adobe drm. That's interoperable, right? Or did I misunderstand?
But yeah, drm free mobi would be great! Those directions have to be wrong. Publishers love drm.
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They love money more.
And they need access to Kindle users.
And no, you didn't misunderstand.
But Adobe DRM does restrict what you can do with a file; it can only be accessed on registered devices and apps and a finite number of those, at that.
DRM-free mobi has no restrictions.
You don't even need a Kindle app to use it and format-shifting it to epub is both *legal* and easy. If their website worked well, DRM-aware buyers would be much better off buying only mobi, even if they owned epub devices, which would reduce sales for those devices' ebookstores. And since interoperable epub stores in the US are not only few but also command minimal market share, losing HC ebook sales would threaten their survival.
Kinda like Star Trek's Khan, who shot at Kirk but hit everybody else instead; they could easily end up killing Amazon's competition instead of hurting them.