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Originally Posted by junkyardwillie
They all want to try to make themselves the main hub by blocking out their competitors but if they were smart they would let everyone no matter what device you use download and read the books no matter if you want to read it on your phone, pc, Mac, eReader device or whatever....
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Yes, I remember lots of screaming and hair-pulling over Apple using a proprietary format and DRM for the iTunes store. Apple is a bunch of idiots, I swear....
The e-book vendor's goal, by the way, is to tightly control and integrate as much of the user's experience as possible. If you control the reader, the store, and the delivery method, not only do you lock the user into a revenue stream, you also avoid having to deal with potentially unresponsive 3rd party vendors.
It's not a very open plan, and that has its drawbacks; but there is a method to it.