12-11-2017, 01:05 PM | #16 |
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Do you have proof of this statement? "90+% of "eBooks" used in the Amazon ecosystem are KFX right now, everything else is wishful thinking. Lets hear it for an industry that made none of you care about the format anymore. Except a handful of idealists." |
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Out of interest, what is the newest eink Kindle model which cannot read KFX format and what year was it launched? |
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(Some more recent models originally shipped without KFX support and added it later via a firmware update.) |
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If they do somehow switch to KFX only, that might save me from myself (buying more books). Looking at my library, which is small compared to many here, I am covered for new novels until I'm 96 years old at my typical reading speed of about one book per month. If I'm still kicking after that, I guess I can go back and re-read a few of my favorites. But by then, I figure the Kindle's battery will be long dead, and people won't even remember what a Kindle is (was).
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I have Android devices and Amazon have chosen not to allow a download-to-PC option for me. Isn't it conceivable they could do the same for other devices? I realise all this is ifs, buts and maybes, but we all decide how much we allow big corporations to do as they please as far as it affects our own little world. I have no illusions about the altruism of the corporate world. |
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The same applies to all of the other e-book stores. Any of them could change their file format or DRM scheme in the future. We have to deal with things as they are and adapt when we see changes coming. |
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I just downloaded The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson to see since it is a Tor book with no DRM. It did download with the Enhanced Typography so it would be KFX.
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Amazon doesn't promise no DRM. They just state "Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited" for some books, which means that they are not locked to a single Kindle device or account. In MOBI or KF8 format those books have no DRM. In KFX format they do have DRM, but all use the same generic encryption key.
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