03-12-2008, 11:03 AM | #46 |
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Personally, if Sony stopped their support of the Reader tomorrow, it wouldn't bother me one whit, since I so far haven't purchased any content from them. Fictionwise has been my source for E-Books for years, and I expect they will continue to produce Sony format books for multiformat books even after Sony drops it. I also tend to pick up a lot of free books from various sources.
It is going to be interesting to see what happens when Adobe gets into the market and what kind of support they get. If they do things right, they could very well create a standard themselves, and maybe make some of these formats obsolete. It could be a boon for Sony owners, especially since they seem to be working with Adobe. Jason |
03-12-2008, 11:07 AM | #47 | |
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But I can say that every time I have ever emailed Amazon about anything, they have answered me, so I'd say that if I'd needed to email about the Kindle, I'd have gotten some kind of an answer even if only a "don't know at the moment"--not dead silence. |
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03-12-2008, 11:08 AM | #48 | |
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03-12-2008, 12:18 PM | #49 |
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No. It was not out there. It appeared only when they actually started to sell the gadget. The same is applicable to Sony. From the moment they announced the reader and started to sell it all the info was out there.
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03-12-2008, 12:22 PM | #50 |
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Why is it most of you seem to FORGET that Amazon has caused a BAD EXPERIENCE with eBooks in the past. They screwed over untold number of people when they dropped eBooks from their sales and no longer allowed redownloading of purchased content. Sony has no bad reputation for eBooks. But Amazon SURE DOES!
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03-12-2008, 05:19 PM | #51 | |
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03-12-2008, 05:57 PM | #52 | |
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Seems like they they might have figured out a way to do it right this time. Last edited by tsgreer; 03-12-2008 at 07:01 PM. |
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03-12-2008, 06:52 PM | #53 | |
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03-12-2008, 07:21 PM | #54 |
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I actually got screwed myself.... that being said, this is a pretty different situation and I've DEFINITELY been screwed by Sony many times so... eh.
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03-13-2008, 12:12 AM | #55 | |
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When they make a real effort there, it could be big. Jason |
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