Thread: Will K2PC 1.19 and KFX alter your ebook purchasing habits?
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Old 01-12-2017, 05:02 PM   #126
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak View Post
I think that you think Amazon is worried about that high of a level of lock in more than they probably are. What percentage of their customers do you really think buy books and read on something other than a Kindle, Fire or App (and/or care about DRM or its removal)?

As jhowell has pointed out they are doing things with layouts in KFX now that aren't possible with AZW3 or ePub, "enhanced typesetting" is just one of the KFX "features".
As I pointed out, most things can be done using KF8 and some using Mobi. So there's really no need for KFX. So given that all Amazon had to do was modify the software that renders KF8 & Mobi, KFX isn't needed. Adobe can do with ePub what Amazon uses KFX. So no, KFX isn't needed.
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