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Originally Posted by maximus83
Amazon uses a proprietary ebook format, and it looks like they are increasingly trying to lock that down and lock users in. Many of the other e-tailers use some version of epub that follows the open spec (Google, for instance). That's the main concern about future proofing: formats that (at least attempt to) follow an open spec, versus those that don't.
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I get that but the point is that I can buy ebooks from other places so they are not locking down ebooks.
So how are they locking me in?
It is a choice to get books there.
There are no locks.
Except for some indie books, I don't have to buy at Amazon.
I can always sideload any mobi, or azw to my kindles. Or key point, I can download any format straight to my computer or tablet.
Like fjtorres said, backup. Be sure and store them in at least 5 different places.