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Originally Posted by jamina1
That's why I love the Astak - I can get books from anywhere, not have to deal with DRM OR pricing issues.
Can Amazon do that? no.
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Dear jamina1:
Thank you! We also felt, from the very start, that the EZ Reader could have been called the "FREEDOM" because of all the formats, languages, features, colors, and ability to buy from 300 eBook Stores. So, I thank you very much for your post.
We did know, from the start, that our business model was very different from Amazon (and now Barnes and Noble). Both of these two wanted total control of the market. Buy their device and resign yourself to one format, one bookstore, one wirless destination, and the "All Seeing Eye". We set out to offer end users the right to make their own minds up and we hoped that people would rallye round our flag like frontiersman rallyed round Old Hickory Jackson during the War of 1812 and saved New Orleans and America!
Unfortunately, controlling the market seems to have won out as the business model.