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Originally Posted by Bremen Cole
Sure you could strip DRM from a Kindle book then convert it and copy it.... ... problem is, both of these actions are illegal..... So a Kindle owner wants to get any other brand of reader other than Kindle…. Fine, but they loose their entire library unless they defy Amazon’s licensing agreement and the law…. Not for me, but people flock to it…
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Nope.
First, it's arguable whether striping the DRM for personal use is illegal.
Second, I have purchased quite a few titles from Amazon and I have stripped the DRM on all of them. If I couldn't d it, I would not have purchased them.
I like the Kindle, but I am fairly sure that within a year I'll have a something else. Also, virtually everyone I know who has purchased ebooks strips the DRM on most of them, or buys only cheap throw-away e-titles.
So, yes, for me and many others, an iApp book will be a non-starter as a building block for a library.
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Originally Posted by stustaff
... So i dont see the fact that apples entertainment eg games and books will only work on apple devices asd being an issue for the majority. I also think that the high sales of book 'apps' supports that view.
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Well, I think you are wrong. People may buy an occasional curiosity title for their kid, but I doubt most will start buying iApp books as they buy pbooks. Unless it's junk titles, but then a lot of these users also use the library, which will not be an option with the iApps.
What high sales of book apps? I have a couple of book apps on my iPhones, but both were free. It was just to see what they are (I really like Classics).
Plus, a lot of people without Kindles use their iPhones to purchase from Amazon because of the often cheaper prices, then they strip the DRM and transfer to their main reader. So even those numbers are misleading.