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Originally Posted by JSWolf
But if you mostly get KFX from Amazon and you want to make sure the eBooks you buy you will be able to use in the future, the best thing to do is buy ePub. The DRM can be removed and you can convert to KF8 very easily.
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Only true for people who can only get kfx from Amazon (ie; have no options to download kf8 or older formats). It is not relevant whether they "mostly" get kfx. The question is whether they can get kf8's etc. To me future proofing books means keeping a "disinfected" version in Calibre. My "workflow" when purchasing a book, be it from Amazon or an Adobe epub from elsewhere accomplishes this easily for either epub or kf8/mobi. There is no reason for me to prefer one over the other so far as this process is concerned. If the time comes when I can't "disinfect" one format I will prefer the other so long as I can disinfect it. If epubs use Adobe's new drm, they will be no better than kfx. And it is out there. It could happen, and quite probably will as time passes.
If the time comes that I can't disinfect books purchased from Amazon or epubs purchased elsewhere then I will simply not buy books, but will borrow them from libraries and probably KU. Until, of course, one or the other formats is reverse-engineered and drm removal again becomes practical. I expect that piracy will thrive during any period that drm cannot be removed. Even sScanning hard copies and using OCR is a far less onerous and expensive process than it used to be. Not all readers share the same high moral standards as we Mobileread members, and many will no doubt be sorely tempted.