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Originally Posted by porkupan
2) Don't see any particular reason for it. The LRX format hasn't been broken as of yet, and this step would make the Sony Store even less relevant than it already is. Unless their plan is to start selling books for other DRM'ed EPUB capable devices and phones, but then Sony would have to compete on price with all the rest of the ebook stores? As far as the Reader is concerned, the LRF/LRX support is still better than EPUB, and there is plenty of PRS-500's out there with no EPUB support whatsoever.
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I prefer LRX format, too, but Sony has nearly ceased making new titles available at their store:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16810
If this is not temporary, then it implies they are headed to a different mode for letting customers buy content unless they are simply exiting the business altogether.