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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm sorry, but you've entirely lost me. You have a completely free choice as to whether or not to publish your book through MobiPocket. It you decide to go with them, you use their publishing tools. Nobody is holding a gun to your head and saying "you must publish your book through MobiPocket". If you want to set up your own web site and do it yourself, go ahead.
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If you will go back and read the messages, you were the one who bought MobiPocket into the picture. I simply used it as an example.
To sum up the argument:
When a single entity owns an eBook format, you must ask permission of that entity to publish an eBook in that format.
If that format becomes the dominant format, the company ends up controlling what can/cannot be published.
Therefore, closed formats are
bad for eBooks and consumers.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Suppose you go to the cinema, and don't like the film. Do you expect to get your money back?
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Poor counter-example.
If the item you purchased at WalMart doesn't meet your needs, WalMart doesn't prevent you from selling that item on eBay to get something back for it.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
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In your nightmare. You keep complaining about piracy. That's what happens when the legal alternatives provide poor value.