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Originally Posted by ChicagoIrish
Does it look at this point like epub might become the industry standard?
Any idea how many books for Kindle are also available for Sony (through eConnect, etc.)?
Are all Kindle books available in PDF?
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ePub is already the "industry standard". B&N has anounced that they will be switching from eReader to ePub, but this will be B&N ePub not Adobe ePub. The only significant hold-out at the moment is Amazon.
The vast majority of bestsellers are available for Sony and Kindle, but there are many Kindle-only ebooks with the majority of these being low-volume titles.
So far as I know, none of Amazon's Kindle ebooks are also sold (by Amazon) as PDFs.
You have two "safe" choices for ebook readers as gifts in the US: Sony or Amazon. The Kindle is perhaps the safer choice, but with the Kindle essentially your only source for bestsellers is Amazon. The Sony has its own store but also many other options for buying ebooks. However, you can't buy ebooks for the Sony at Amazon.