Thread: Amazon’s Book Monopoly : A Threat to Freedom of Expression?
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Old 03-01-2016, 10:05 AM   #189
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Originally Posted by avantman42 View Post
Amazon don't have a policy that submissions have to be produced with Kindlegen. They only support mobi files created with Kindlegen, but they will also accept Word, HTML, ePub, RTF, plain text, PDF or Kindle Package Format (KPF) files. In fact, their "Supported Formats" page in the KDP help section recommends uploading Word or HTML files.
...and traditional publishers submit epub mostly. Maybe exclusively.

It isn't an issue anybody in publishing complains about: they submit whatever they want and Amazon delivers Kindle books. Everybody makes money. (Some more, some less.)

Even if they did require use of Kindlegen exclusively it would be no different than Apple requiring use of iBooks Author or Sony, Nintendo, or Microsoft specifying which tools or development kits can be used to produce content for their systems.

For example:
http://xbox.create.msdn.com/en-us/ed...amedevelopment

Standard business practice, nothing actionable.
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