andrewducker | (Reply)

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It's not widely used in that nobody else by Amazon can use it.

I've not heard of Amazon converting epub itself. Last I heard you needed something like Calibre to do conversions for you.

Waterstones sell in ePub and PDF. WHSmith sell ePub and PDF. Google Books do ePub and PDF. Foyles do ePub and PDF.

So it seems that everyone does ePub and PDF. Except for Amazon.

If I get get a new eBook reader because my Sony one dies then I have a wide selection that I can use - pretty much anyone except Kindle, unless I'm willing to start converting formats myself.

I despise monopolies that use non-standard methods to keep people locked in. It's why I won't use iTunes, and I won't buy Kindle books.