Thread: Just announced! We'll be able to read library books on our Kindle soon!
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Old 04-20-2011, 11:25 AM   #38
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey View Post
Probably not. This kind of continued format fragmentation can only spell ultimate doom for dedicated ereaders. What sounds like a good idea could really be Amazon throwing down the gauntlet for the last time in their bid to kill off the competition.
And if things go like we think they will, this means that instead of the library getting say 20 titles in a purchase, they'll be getting 10 titles instead because they also have to support the Kindle. This is not going to do well overall. And I don't think libraries will be happy when they purchase something in say ePub or Kindle only and then have the other camp complaining to them.

Overall, the best solution would be for Amazon to support ePub with the time limited DRM. Then because of that, users will push for full ePub support and then we can kiss AZW goodbye. That would be awesome.
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