Thread: Signs of a further shift toward KFX
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Old 04-03-2021, 03:23 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by jhowell View Post
Some benefits to Amazon of having more new e-book releases be KFX-only are increased lock in to their platform and more consistency in how those books render across apps and devices, reducing support problems.
Amazon is trying to make the lock-in all that much stronger.

But this means less sales. If we cannot get a KF8 copy, then the eBook is not going to be purchased by those that remove the DRM. The ePub version will be purchased or the eBook won't be purchased if there is no ePub version.

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Books currently available in the older Kindle formats will continue to be offered as they are now for many years to come. Owners of older devices can either read older books, sideload books they convert themselves, or upgrade to a newer model Kindle.
Amazon should have dumped Mobi years ago. Then the only support issue they would have had would have been with KF8. Then with KFX, there would be even less active devices that don't or can't support KFX.
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