“Amazon will let you download your e-books in EPUB in 2026”
So, this could be big for authors on KDP. Customers will be able to use any eReader they wish to read their books.
I’ve been on a Kobo Clara Colour (with Kobo Plus) for a while. And I’d love to slip a few Kindle Exclusive titles in. The whole exclusivity thing is kind of galling, from an e-reader/walled garden perspective.
This sounds great from a consumer-freedom perspective. But I understand there may be some authors who are reluctant or worried.
Personally... If the Napster wars era of mp3’s (ending up in Spotify/Amazon Music/et al.) taught anyone anything, it is that as long as you provide a product at a reasonable price, in a conveniently accessible manner, you won’t have a piracy problem.
https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/amazon-will-let-you-download-your-e-books-in-epub-in-2026
Are you going to update your books to remove DRM?
https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/amazon-emailing-authors-about-the-new-epub-and-pdf-formats