Amazon has been slowly killing ePubs from public libraries so this is odd. Libby (previously Overdrive) lists “Kindle” and “Web” for reading, but has hidden ePub until “Other Options” is selected. It is the only thing there. (Do they think library users can handle 2 options but will be totally confused by 3?) Librarians have also repeatedly told me that ePub is no longer available and I suspect it’s only a matter of time until that’s true.
Maybe this is to increase book sales to those who refuse to use Kindle for anything, although many of those people (including me) won’t buy from Amazon anyway. Or perhaps there’s a longer term plan to completely squash ePub?
brillotti@lemmy.world 5 days ago
What might be the goal behind this move? There has to be a catch
rainwall@piefed.social 5 days ago
Losing some market share to other vendors that allow it.
Its entirely an attempt to recapture the big name authors like Brian Sanderson peeling off to either their own or vendors like kobo that will publish drm free books.
snklr@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Brandon Sanderson?