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View Poll Results: Which eBook reader should I get? | |||
Sony PRS-650 | 53 | 42.06% | |
Nook | 10 | 7.94% | |
Kobo | 11 | 8.73% | |
Kindle 3 | 46 | 36.51% | |
Other (Please post and let me know which eBook reader) | 6 | 4.76% | |
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12-09-2010, 01:55 PM | #91 | |||
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True, but the OP said they "...live in Canada". Last time I checked, B&N only ships within the USA and a US billing address is required, though clearly there are ways around this type of restriction. Quote:
IMHO, Amazon's marketing strategy is to tie Kindle owners to their store, Kindle's lack of ePub format is a restriction and as such, a part of that strategy. Are Sony users precluded from buying e-books from either book-store? Quote:
The OP said, "... I won't need 3G or even wifi ...". Me neither; apparently you do. I would only need it, if I didn't have any other way of downloading e-books. Had I wanted it, for its convenience, that wouldn't have been a need, at least not in my book. Yes, I was happy to pay more than $200 for the Sony's build-quality, touch-screen interface, twelve dictionaries and compatibility with ePub format. Of course, if these features aren't important to the OP and price is the key, then I concur, a cheaper product would seem to be their most logical option. Naturally, I would have preferred to have paid less, I realise that many people cannot afford the current price and hope that Sony reduce their prices, so more people can buy their excellent products. Undoubtedly the Kindle is hugely popular and hopefully I have avoided knocking it, on the contrary I celebrate the fact the consumers have choice. I don't favour monopolies, either e-readers or book-stores. Vive la différence ! Last edited by boxcorner; 12-09-2010 at 06:02 PM. |
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Sony would prefer that you bought your books through them. Kobo would prefer you bought your books through them. I would be surprised to find that the average Nook user buys their books from anyone other then B&N. The people on this board are not the average user, we have all decided to try and find some place to get additional info about a wide variety of e-readers. The person who walks into B&N and buys a Nook on a whim is more likely to spend his/her money on e-books from B&N. The rest is simply dressing that maybe 10% of the users take advantage of. All numbers in this post are made up because I have yet to see a poll regarding that explores where people are buying their e books from that ties them to a specific device. |
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sigh I think you miss the point on the nook and epub, yes the books you buy from the BN's bookstore are DRM'd epub that will only work with other nook devices and apps BUT which is a huge BUT it also accepts ePub, meaning you can shop anywhere on line including your own library to check out books. You aren't restricted to one bookstore. and while technically you aren't with the kindle either because it accepts Mobi, the fact remains mobi is basically a dying format and ePub is by far and away the most used format. It's not even close to the number of outlets of ePub vs mobi. Mobi is like betamax back in the early 80's that's the difference between the kindle and the nook and other epub devices like the kobo, , the sony etc. Last edited by boswd; 12-09-2010 at 02:28 PM. |
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Slight OT tangent: You know, it seems to me, if reading these forums is a way to judge, that Amazon's attempt to lock customers in to .mobi/Amazon store is the #1 thing pushing people from the buying a Kindle to choosing some other reader.
Sure, there's the occasional SD card or user-replaceable battery complaint, but all in all, it seems that if the Kindle supported ePub/ADE, it would achieve some sort of next-level domination in the eReader market. Maybe forcing all the other companies to REALLY push out some awesome products if they want to survive. Perhaps those of us informing people that the Kindle CAN handle the ePub/ADE stuff if you apply some unofficial software should just keep it to ourselves. Let the Kindle lose some market share. Then we buy Amazon stock. Let Amazon realize that while supporting ePub/ADE might result in users buying SOME eBooks from stores other than Amazon, if people buy a device other than a Kindle, then they will be buying NO eBooks from Amazon. Then Amazon will update the Kindle firmware to support ePub/ADE, the stock price will soar and we'll be rich and can buy more eBooks. Win/win. Last edited by ApK; 12-09-2010 at 03:22 PM. |
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Good point. Let's hope that changes soon. Last edited by boxcorner; 12-09-2010 at 03:23 PM. |
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I still wouldn't buy a kindle even if it had epub, the first two generations looks like old Coleco electronc games I had when I was a kid and Little House on the Praire was on in prime time and the new one looks like a "mentally challenged" calculator man those things are just ugly Last edited by boswd; 12-09-2010 at 03:32 PM. |
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And yet they are still the market leader....however do they manage without your support?
Speaking of those Coleco games, tell me I'm not the only one who imagined that the Football game was really a copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy... Heck, if I had had the money I probably would have bought a K1 BECAUSE it looked like that! ApK One seriously hoopy frood. p.s. I want to change my poll response: The Hitchhiker's Guide is the way to go. Sub-meson devices beat flash memory any day, and why mess with wifi or 3G when you can have Sub-Etha. Last edited by ApK; 07-27-2011 at 11:07 PM. Reason: 8 months later noticed a typo...go fig. |
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how do they manage without my support? sheep consumerism maybe
The Mattel game, that is great I actually used to own the Electronic Quaterback http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...26tbs%3Disch:1 but seriously you've got to admit that second picture you posted looks a lot like a kindle. Last edited by boswd; 12-09-2010 at 04:03 PM. |
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I mean come on you have to admit this is horrible, LOL LOL LOL
and this was only a couple of years ago http://blogkindle.com/wp-content/upl...-1-293x300.jpg ROTFLMA and you people bought these? I have tears in my eyes. |
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I would like to explain something to you: I used to own a Nook, and sold it. Why? because the argument that epub is the standard and a better format, just does not work for me anymore I read and need technical books: MS-SQL, Oracle, PHP, IT security, those are rare to find at B&N or on a store different than Amazon (for good or bad) Amazon online book store is the biggest and most complete in USA and probably the whole world. Let's be honest. If you compare regular novels or bestsellers, you won't see the difference; the difference resides on those not so common books that when you check in B&N they are 20% more expensive or just not available on electronic format. Yes, epub is technically better but extrapolating your Betamax vs VHS comparison it's irrelevant here because we're talking about electronic formats, like MP3s vs OGG or epub vs mobi. Betamax was a hardware technology and died not because was a bad format but because did not allow long time recordings that for movie makers was a plus. MOBI, as an e-reader format, allows customer to read their books, period. More technical features are included inside epub but that is not currently affecting Kindle or Amazon. The true is that most electronic books (commercial, not free stuff) are in MOBI format. As a matter of fact, MOBI was chosen because epub did not exist when Kindle was in labs, as simple as that. Users are what truly keeps a format alive! If you have a huge, big market behind you, your electronic format and device will survive. And the explanation for that is that most of the time, users are right in what they need and works. They stick with something because it can fulfill a market needs: mp3 (nice compression with acceptable sound quality) VHS (good recording time, at that time) I think Nook is a nice e-reader same for Kindle, but we should buy e-reader devices on what kind of books and material you spend more time reading on, not just the reader format. |
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Frankly, I do not know which is the standard format and which will prevail. I got the Kindle on others' recommendations. I buy books, not a huge number each year but I do buy. My partner would definitely not be interested in the Kindle. She would not be interested in being limited to classics and the occasional freebie. She does NOT buy books - she borrows multiple books weekly from the public library. She has no problem waiting on popular titles. So if she were to switch to a reader at all, it would have to be one that supports the library general standard which I take to be epub. She would wait for popular titles just as she does for pbooks. Spending money on books for the one-time read is not in her blood. She does buy boxes or bags of books from library sales but then redonates them back or to a shelter or some such.
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"Formats Available There are four file formats included in the Ebook bundle:
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Android files have made it really difficult for me to ego-surf on Google.
Not long ago, I was one of very few APKs out there. I should have trademarked myself. I have this question in to O'Reilly, but I'll ask here too. If I can read multiple formats, id there anything in the content or of O'Reilly books specifically that would make me choose one of thier available formats over another? That is, do charts, links, pictures, code sample, etc, look or work ANY differently in their ePub vs. their mobi versions? ApK Last edited by ApK; 12-10-2010 at 02:37 PM. |
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