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Originally Posted by Connallmac
And some folks claim the Kindle is "locked into Amazon"?  |
At least the nook will read ePub/PDF easily enough, including stuff encrypted using ADE-style DRM (which is becoming a larger segment of sellers). Unless more DRM-free content becomes available for newer titles, having more than one place I can buy content is important. With B&N working with Adobe to get their password-style scheme into the ADE SDK, I can at least take B&N content to other devices down the road.
While the Kindle can get at DRM-free content (older or more independent titles) just like other readers, newer titles are different. If I buy from other sellers, it won't work on Amazon, if I buy from Amazon, I can't take it to other devices. The best shot at a unified model (short of getting rid of all DRM) is Adobe right now.
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Originally Posted by Meemo
And yet...the vast majority of the content on my Kindle didn't come from Amazon. Well, that might have changed with all the free books I've gotten from Amazon in the last couple of months....
And I wouldn't begin to know how to strip DRM.
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And that depends on the type of eBooks you are trying to get a hold of. Newer releases don't really fall into this category.
Yes, it does work if you have a source of content that comes in a format that can be easily converted to DRM-free mobipocket. The tools available today to do this are in better shape than when the Kindle launched. I was looking at what was a painful conversion process (and keeping multiple copies of everything), and competitors beginning to consolidate under the ePub banner. The fact that I can't buy new releases from anyone but Amazon that works on the Kindle is the big deal here (unless you use tools that didn't exist at the time to get the PID for the Kindle). And the limitations of the Mobipocket format was a bit of a downer to me as well.