Thread: NYT: Kindle books for everyone (not just Kindles)!
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Old 02-10-2009, 06:39 AM   #39
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea View Post
I never understood why they'd make a kindle format in the first place. Especially as the Kindle is only available in the States, you block a lot of potential buyers. I read primarily English books, and have bought my share from Amazon.com. But I am not allowed anymore, because I don't want to buy pbooks but ebooks...
That is easy to understand. I think they did it so they would have full control over the format and be able to improve it. Since they can push an update of the reader they can change the format. With MobiPocket that would have been impossible from a support stand point.
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