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Old 05-10-2009, 09:42 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by delphidb96 View Post
Really? So, in your opinion, it is perfectly justifiable for a retailer/publisher to insist that potential customers ONLY buy ebook versions in a format that can be read solely upon one device family? (I'm thinking Amazon Kindle here.)

There are plenty of ebooks I can only 'get' in Kindle format. I don't OWN a Kindle (I'm quite happy with my Dell Axim x51v and Bookeen Cybook Gen3, thank you.), nor do I want to shell out big bucks for one. I'd gladly, GLADLY, buy the ebooks in Mobipocket format, or even eReader, but of course, Amazon doesn't *want* my business enough to sell these titles in non-Kindle format.

So why, given that I've purchased copies of all these works in dead-tree format, should I pay for a format I cannot read when I can just scan in from my dead-tree books or download the titles from pirate sites. The author's got royalties from my D-T purchases and the publisher suffers by refusing to support a more open format.

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your false assumption is that you have the right to demand that a particular media format be used. You have the right to buy or not buy, but if I as the producer/publisher want to release my work in a 35mm format, or a pdf format, it is my work and your choice is only to consume or not. That is what property rights are all about.
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