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Originally Posted by pilotbob
I would really like to see the Kindle store become a Mobi store in addition to a Kindle store. You could "register" a reader via PID similar to how you register a Kindle S/N. When you buy a Kindle book you can d/l it for your Mobi devices.
Bezos want to promote ebooks right?
BOb
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Wait till you hear the howl the first time Amazon priced the Kindle version of an eBook cheaper than the Mobi version. Amazon is known to sell some popular books below cost as loss leaders in its promotion of Kindle. This has helped to drive the general prices on new eBooks down a bit as competitors must price low to compete. However, without the Kindle incentive Amazon is unlikely to price a mobi book below cost and they would get beaten up severely by mobi dealers if they did (since they own mobi).
I suspect that if they offered mobi they would quit advertising the $9.95 pricing on new books. I would like to see more formats as well but I do understand what they are doing.
Dale