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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
that would make sense, particularly since they own mobipocket, *if* they hadn't modified the format so that it's not immediately compatible with other mobi devices, and so that drm-ed mobipockets are not immediately compatible with the kindle (user "workarounds" aside). i admit to being puzzled about their choice there. it doesn't make much sense to me in the long term.
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The modification may have to do with the mysterious reason as to why MobiPocket still exists. Amazon could certainly have taken over and sold Mobi books as is. I still think there is some legal thing that keeps MobiPocket in play and Amazon with an tweaked version of mobi.