Which of the following major eBook distributor do you purchase from, and why?

[nikkie]

Folks with Apple devices are generally free to select which store they purchase content from. What stores do you prefer, and why?

I personally prefer to buy from B&N or Kobo because they support ePub, but will occasionally buy from Amazon if they have a book I need. I also purchase technical books from O'Reilly fairly often.

I switch back and forth between B&N and Kobo because B&N is occasionally cheaper, but I like what Kobo is doing and want to support their style of development.

[tubemonkey]

I don't buy books. I do public domain.

[montsnmags]

I'd buy ebooks in the order authors directly, publishers directly, kobo/Borders, and lastly Amazon. Note that we have no iBooks store down this way (well, we do, but it's just stocked with free public domain stuff). I haven't bought much though, having a rather large TBR pile (real and virtual).

Cheers,
Marc

[lila55]

Usually I check where I can get the book cheapest, and that is where I buy.

[MrPLD]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I'd buy ebooks in the order authors directly, publishers directly, kobo/Borders, and lastly Amazon.

I like that order of things for many reasons;

1. Author gets 100% of the income
2. Author gets to know who's reading the book
3. Author can gauge very quickly how sales are progressing based on their hourly traffic.

Paul.

[murraypaul]

Amazon ... because they are cheaper
Amazon ... because they have the best store

[ficbot]

Kobo, because the books can be used on all my devices
Smashwords, same

I do have a Kindle but I don't know how to liberate the books so I have not bought any from Amazon

[petermillard]

Amazon, because it's easy, and because they have far and away the best eBook selection available where I ive

[Maggie Leung]

I buy from Amazon because they make it really easy to spend money, to get what I want and to use the content I buy. Saving a buck or two wouldn't entice me unless service was comparable elsewhere.

I've bought a few e-books elsewhere, and it seems as if some competitors are trying to drive away customers.

[EowynCarter]

Folks with Apple devices are generally free to select which store they purchase content from.

And folks with a device not a kindle or nook

I guess my criteria if i owned an iDevice would be rendering quality, and the overall quality of the app. And reading ePub of course, so i can get books in France.
Form my experience with android, apps from the bigs ones, tends to make side-loading a mess. I wouldn't fancy having to use multiple app really, one should do. Guess i would chose the app before choosing the shop.

[sony_fox]

Waterstones, because they will sell me books.
Book on Board because they sometimes have books I want
Author sites directly - because they have book I want, are cheaper, and I approve of the concept.

Amazon is out for format reasons (Epub) Kobo and BN are out because of geographical restrictions.

My only other main option is WHSmiths, whose brickshops I don't like, and whose books seem expensive or no better in price/range than waterstones.

[sakura-panda]

I have never purchased an ebook from Amazon, Kobo or B&N. I buy my books from the Sony store. (My main reader is a Sony.)

I have an iPad and an iPod, with ibooks, but I do very little reading on them.

[mwheinz]

You're missing a lot of stores there. Sony & Borders come to mind.

[dynabook]

Sony and Smashwords. Haven't gotten up the gumption to buy from anyone else yet.
--MH

[jes1]

Fictionwise, though not as much as I used to Barnes and Noble, Sony, Kobo, Borders, Smashwords, direct from author.

I forgot to put Baen on the list.