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Originally Posted by DrNefario
The issue, I think, with Amazon, is that they seem to be heading to a completely sealed ecosystem, where you can't even access a file that represents your book, DRMed or not. They've removed Download & Transfer, they're changing the way the PC app works, they've changed the way kindles connect to a PC.
Black Library have just done this - going from a DRM-free store for EPUB and MOBI to a closed app ecosystem, and I won't be buying any more books direct from them as a result.
Apple have always been like this. Despite their claims to be using industry-standard EPUBs, I don't think it's actually possible to get at the EPUB files. (Maybe with a jailbroken device?) And that's why I have never bought anything from them.
It would be bad if Amazon did the same.
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The problem is Amazon is doing the same thing.