Is it any wonder people ask which EBR to buy?

speedlever · 12-02-2010, 07:40 AM

From a recent article in the WSJ:

"Users of its proprietary Kindle device can purchase books only from an Amazon store, although they can read them on dozens of different devices that run Kindle software and can access free books from other sources."

It's no wonder that people believe the Kindle is restricted to Amazon.com. Shucks, I wouldn't want one that was shackled like that either.

It sure seems like this industry wants to put up road blocks to people wanting to get an EBR for the convenience of reading the book of their choice at the time of their choosing on their device of choice.

GeoffC · 12-02-2010, 07:44 AM

The biggest road block is geographic restriction.

tubemonkey · 12-02-2010, 07:44 AM

eReaders need to be like netbooks - totally open with the ability to read any format from any store.

12-02-2010, 07:40 AM	#1
speedlever Evangelist Posts: 493 Karma: 137814 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: NC, USA Device: Kindle 3 (wifi), iPad	Is it any wonder people ask which EBR to buy? From a recent article in the WSJ: "Users of its proprietary Kindle device can purchase books only from an Amazon store, although they can read them on dozens of different devices that run Kindle software and can access free books from other sources." It's no wonder that people believe the Kindle is restricted to Amazon.com. Shucks, I wouldn't want one that was shackled like that either. It sure seems like this industry wants to put up road blocks to people wanting to get an EBR for the convenience of reading the book of their choice at the time of their choosing on their device of choice.

12-02-2010, 07:44 AM	#2
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 26,684 Karma: 16550486 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	The biggest road block is geographic restriction. __________________ > My Cats

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tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 11,744 Karma: 59965103 Join Date: May 2010 Device: K4S, Clip Zip, SGP4, iPt4, Nexus7, FireHD8.9	eReaders need to be like netbooks - totally open with the ability to read any format from any store.


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