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Quoth · 01-18-2023, 01:44 PM

No, other eink that marks up PDF simply uses PDF. No server / cloud needed.

There is only benefit to Amazon with the increasingly locked down Kindle platform. I've used it since 2013, and exclusively till I got a Kobo. Amazon has gradually locked down local configuration and replaced it with their servers.

You are far too kind to Amazon. Also since I've programmed this sort of stuff and produced a 4G phone/tablet before the iPhone was launched I know what Amazon is doing is a huge amount of extra work, not to make it work better (the alternatives are better) but to have control.

I've been putting epubs and PDFs on Kindles since 2013. The Amazon way of doing it (Send to Kindle) is more about Amazon acquiring epubs from customers, not sold by Amazon, than convenience.
They could have added native epub support since PW1, but it's a marketing/political decision to convert epubs and PDFs, so as to have control.

Markup on eink on real PDFs was launched about SEVEN years ago. This isn't innovation (apart from the 300 dpi screen) but a deliberate method of ensuring an Amazon account is needed and Amazon gets a copy of every document.

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Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,449 Karma: 107078855 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	No, other eink that marks up PDF simply uses PDF. No server / cloud needed. There is only benefit to Amazon with the increasingly locked down Kindle platform. I've used it since 2013, and exclusively till I got a Kobo. Amazon has gradually locked down local configuration and replaced it with their servers. You are far too kind to Amazon. Also since I've programmed this sort of stuff and produced a 4G phone/tablet before the iPhone was launched I know what Amazon is doing is a huge amount of extra work, not to make it work better (the alternatives are better) but to have control. I've been putting epubs and PDFs on Kindles since 2013. The Amazon way of doing it (Send to Kindle) is more about Amazon acquiring epubs from customers, not sold by Amazon, than convenience. They could have added native epub support since PW1, but it's a marketing/political decision to convert epubs and PDFs, so as to have control. Markup on eink on real PDFs was launched about SEVEN years ago. This isn't innovation (apart from the 300 dpi screen) but a deliberate method of ensuring an Amazon account is needed and Amazon gets a copy of every document. Last edited by Quoth; 01-18-2023 at 01:52 PM.