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Originally Posted by Crowl
I am not fussed about the format being proprietary so much, as long as companies allow the format to be viewed on as many devices as possible i.e. the approach that amazon have taken with the kindle.
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I must have missed something. I started reading ebooks on my desktop computer to see if I liked it. Answer - yes. Get a reader - got it. Of the 2 I prefer the reader and don't want to go back to the computer to read on.
Now one of the reasons I did NOT buy a Kindle was that if I switched to a different brand reader the Kindle AZW format wouldn't work on it without ripping the DRM from it.
When you say
"as many devices as possible i.e. the approach that Amazon have taken" I'm wondering if you mean "as many
computers and cell phones"? I bought an ereader to read on
instead of reading on my computer.
Have I missed something? Does Amazon let us download books to readers like PocketBook, Sony, nook, iRex, etc without having to strip DRM?
Make no mistake, I do want them to do that because they have books I can't get elsewhere. If they ever do open up to multiple formats, companies like Smashwords will go down the tube.