Thread: Signs of a further shift toward KFX
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Old 05-02-2021, 12:47 PM   #68
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Originally Posted by Pajamaman View Post
Have you noticed which publishers insist on KFX only? Are the big 5 among them?
None of the big five.

So far it has been only one academic publisher (Pearson) and publishers in a specific market (India). In both cases the driving force seems to be a perception that customers have a greater than usual likelihood of trying to copy books and make them available to others.

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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
My question is why the shift to KFX when Amazon has refused to drop Mobi in order to keep comparability with old devices? Going KFX only is going to cause a problem for a very many users who still use a K1, K2, DX/G, K3/KK, Touch, and PW1 will be screwed.
I suspect that for the next several years KFX-only will be limited to specific markets and publishers who value enhanced DRM over customer satisfaction. After that who knows?
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