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Amazon.com has forced publishers to stop publishing files in PDF or any other ebook format and use only Mobipocket file format (Amazon owns this company). The Mobipocket converter is free software but it has BIG hidden expenses. If your file has tables, bullets, graphics etc. Your problems have just started. The software does not convert 100%. You have to make changes manually on HTML codes, replace tables with their images etc. Document conversion companies charge $5 to $15 per page for such conversions.

You may have question on what is Mobipocket format. Read this link for more information. <http://www.mobipocket.com/dev/article.asp?BaseFolder=prcgen&File=mobiformat.htm>

Amazon.com has forced all the Publishers to convert eBooks to Mobipocket format where the software is full of bugs, bad user's manual and it is left on publisher to do testing of the product and inform Mobipocket of its bugs. This happened just because Amazon OWNS Mobipocket. Is this legally and morally right?

Small publishers like me cannot afford conversion services and cannot afford to spend days after days trying to understand program with the help of forums.

I think Amazon should invest some money in offering free conversion service to small publishers or allow use of PDF documents will their product stabilizes. This will bring a BIG relief to small publishers.

I hope Microsoft and Adobe are evaluating some Antitrust Lawsuits against Amazon for forcing out all other eBook formats.