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Old 03-07-2010, 11:28 PM   #11
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Not sure I buy the arguments here -

- Sony was in the business of selling eReaders more so then books. Their store was never competitive so the move to ePub to sell more readers makes a lot of sense.

- Keep in mind there is more than one DRM scheme being used with ePub

- Not sure if Amazon is locking out the average ebook reader, at least in the US. I don't see mr readers as being the average consumer -and- I see a lot more Kindles than I do any other ebook reader (I take public transportation daily. I've seen many Kindles, only an occasional Sony and not much of anything else).

And if the publishers take away Amazon's ability to compete on ebook pricing, I see their next move is to deeply discount the Kindle (take a loss there) and keeping their own drm format to lock people into buying from their store.

(What I want Amazon to do is another thing)
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