What is your preferred format when buying from non-Amazon sites?

texasnightowl · 09-14-2008, 04:19 AM

Fictionwise, BooksOnBoard, publisher sites, etc.

Do you prefer html, pdf, mobi/prc, or lit? and Why?

etitameh · 09-14-2008, 09:11 AM

mobi/prc, no conversion required :P

JSWolf · 09-14-2008, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by texasnightowl

Fictionwise, BooksOnBoard, publisher sites, etc.

Do you prefer html, pdf, mobi/prc, or lit? and Why?

Would it be possible to edit the poll to allow multiple selections? I do prefer MS Reader but will also purchase Mobipocket if there is no MS Reader or the Mobipocket is cheaper.

daffy4u · 09-14-2008, 10:06 AM

It depends. If it's a title I feel I will want to read again sometime in the future (there aren't that many), I would buy it in LIT which according to what I've read here is "future proof". I have purchased one LIT title. For the most part I would buy mobi/prc. The less I have to deal with converting, the happier I am.

Azayzel · 09-14-2008, 11:40 AM

Ideally, HTML would be the best; that way I could convert it to whatever format I really needed and experience the benefits of that format on my device of choice.

Elsi · 09-14-2008, 11:57 AM

I will only buy DRM-free books. My first choice is MobiPocket because I can read it as-is on my Kindle. I'll buy LIT since it is so easy to convert to BBeB for the Sony. Since I own both devices, I don't have to convert MobiPocket to anything else (other than just for practice).

texasnightowl · 09-14-2008, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Would it be possible to edit the poll to allow multiple selections? I do prefer MS Reader but will also purchase Mobipocket if there is no MS Reader or the Mobipocket is cheaper.

Sorry. I looked at that setting when doing the poll and almost checked it but didn't. I've looked, but not seeing a way to edit poll. If someone knows how, let me know!

garygibsonsf · 09-15-2008, 05:31 AM

I buy mobipocket, since I can cut it 'free' of its DRM in order to be able to read it on my PRS 500. If a book however is available as a multiformat, I'll try and download it - if possible - as both LRF (Sony) and epub for backup, since the latter's a non-proprietary standard format and thereby may stand a chance of surviving the ages. If I'm forced to make a choice from those two latter formats, I'll pick epub, since Sony's LRF format is deeply proprietary.

I don't buy DRM-ed epub books at all, because - as yet - there's simply no way I can convert them through Calibre.

Maggie May · 09-18-2008, 04:12 AM

All my books are Mobi/PRC
I never have a problem getting the books I want in Mobi/PRC

Slan
Mag

Daithi · 09-18-2008, 04:44 PM

I rarely buy any books other than from Amazon. However, most of my books were free, from sites like this one, and in the Mobi/PRC format.

I don't feel like converting to other formats. Just give me a format I can read directly.

FizzyWater · 09-18-2008, 10:14 PM

For books with DRM, I prefer eReader. Otherwise, if HTML is offered, it's my first choice if I can only have one, since I can convert it to whatever I need. If it's like Fictionwise with its multiformat choices, I download whatever format I want to read on (I have multiple readers).

TallMomof2 · 09-22-2008, 08:45 AM

For DRM, LIT then MOBI. Books with no DRM, MOBI/PRC.

pshrynk · 09-22-2008, 09:53 AM

I voted .lit because they are easy to convert to DRM free Mobi. But if the book comes in regular old mobi, I'll get it that way, first.

robb01 · 10-02-2008, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daithi

I rarely buy any books other than from Amazon. However, most of my books were free, from sites like this one, and in the Mobi/PRC format.

I don't feel like converting to other formats. Just give me a format I can read directly.

Same here, lots of resources out there

DickyCheung22 · 10-06-2008, 10:15 AM

Mobi/PRC, but PDF is still not bad...

View Poll Results: Preferred Format when buying from a non-Amazon site?
HTML	3	4.62%
PDF	4	6.15%
Mobi/PRC	42	64.62%
LIT	11	16.92%
Other	5	7.69%
Voters: 65. You may not vote on this poll

09-14-2008, 04:19 AM	#1
texasnightowl Guru Posts: 699 Karma: 1001556 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Device: Oasis 3, K4B(NT), K3/KK	What is your preferred format when buying from non-Amazon sites? Fictionwise, BooksOnBoard, publisher sites, etc. Do you prefer html, pdf, mobi/prc, or lit? and Why?

09-14-2008, 09:11 AM	#2
etitameh Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 122 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Kindle	mobi/prc, no conversion required :P Last edited by etitameh; 09-14-2008 at 09:12 AM. Reason: clarity

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09-14-2008, 10:06 AM	#4
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	It depends. If it's a title I feel I will want to read again sometime in the future (there aren't that many), I would buy it in LIT which according to what I've read here is "future proof". I have purchased one LIT title. For the most part I would buy mobi/prc. The less I have to deal with converting, the happier I am.

09-14-2008, 11:40 AM	#5
Azayzel Cache Ninja! Posts: 643 Karma: 1002300 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: PRS-500, HTC Shift, iPod Touch, iPaq 4150, TC1100, Panasonic WordsGear	Ideally, HTML would be the best; that way I could convert it to whatever format I really needed and experience the benefits of that format on my device of choice.

09-14-2008, 11:57 AM	#6
Elsi Wizard Posts: 2,366 Karma: 12000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas, USA Device: Kindle; Sony PRS 505; Blackberry 8700C	I will only buy DRM-free books. My first choice is MobiPocket because I can read it as-is on my Kindle. I'll buy LIT since it is so easy to convert to BBeB for the Sony. Since I own both devices, I don't have to convert MobiPocket to anything else (other than just for practice).

09-15-2008, 05:31 AM	#8
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 321 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	I buy mobipocket, since I can cut it 'free' of its DRM in order to be able to read it on my PRS 500. If a book however is available as a multiformat, I'll try and download it - if possible - as both LRF (Sony) and epub for backup, since the latter's a non-proprietary standard format and thereby may stand a chance of surviving the ages. If I'm forced to make a choice from those two latter formats, I'll pick epub, since Sony's LRF format is deeply proprietary. I don't buy DRM-ed epub books at all, because - as yet - there's simply no way I can convert them through Calibre.

09-18-2008, 04:12 AM	#9
Maggie May Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,907 Karma: 87755439 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ireland Device: CYbook Gen3 and Sony PRS 3505 Kindle 3 G Nexus 7 iPad	All my books are Mobi/PRC I never have a problem getting the books I want in Mobi/PRC Slan Mag

09-18-2008, 04:44 PM	#10
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	I rarely buy any books other than from Amazon. However, most of my books were free, from sites like this one, and in the Mobi/PRC format. I don't feel like converting to other formats. Just give me a format I can read directly.

09-18-2008, 10:14 PM	#11
FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	For books with DRM, I prefer eReader. Otherwise, if HTML is offered, it's my first choice if I can only have one, since I can convert it to whatever I need. If it's like Fictionwise with its multiformat choices, I download whatever format I want to read on (I have multiple readers).

09-22-2008, 08:45 AM	#12
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	For DRM, LIT then MOBI. Books with no DRM, MOBI/PRC.

09-22-2008, 09:53 AM	#13
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I voted .lit because they are easy to convert to DRM free Mobi. But if the book comes in regular old mobi, I'll get it that way, first.

10-06-2008, 10:15 AM	#15
DickyCheung22 Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: none	Mobi/PRC, but PDF is still not bad...