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Originally Posted by garygibsonsf
The question of whether or not someone might use an Ipad as an ebook reader or not or some other device comes down to *how much* they're going to be reading. If you ask someone who reads maybe three or four books a year - or a dozen at most - if they want to buy, say, a Kindle, they'll reasonably say it's not worth it to them. Take someone like me who'll read at least a couple of dozen a year if not considerably more, and the Kindle starts making a lot more sense. But for the former occasional reader, an Ipad is probably about right. If I could afford it, I'd have both, for different reasons.
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I read a minimum of 4-5 books a month and have an Ipad. I considered a Nook because it can read library books from Overdrive (Adobe Digital Editions) with DRM. I decided on an Ipad thinking the digital libraries will have to adapt. Overdrive has announced (May 10) they are creating apps to allow this starting with Android but will include Apple devices.
I use the Ipad as my personal 'library' for news, arts, blogs and books. I have the Kindle app, Barnes and Noble (my favorite at the moment), Stanza, Kobo and of course Ibooks. I have bought some books, dled from Gutenburg project and am looking forward to being able to borrow library ebooks. I'm a very longtime PC user but my laptop and desktop sit idle for the most part except for processing photo files and some work things.