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?
What might be the goal behind this move? There has to be a catch
Losing some market share to other vendors that allow it, which threathens their monopoly control.
Its entirely an attempt to recapture the big name authors like Brian Sanderson peeling off with kickstarter/etc and also advertising vendors like kobo that will publish drm free books.
Brandon Sanderson?
Ben Seaverston