Thread: Sony thinks quality will win out (for them)
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Old 08-05-2010, 03:53 PM   #156
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Originally Posted by TheLongshot View Post
You mean to impulse buy DRM-laden books at $10 a pop? I wouldn't exactly call that a desirable "experience". Sounds more like a good business model to try to suck as much money out of you as possible while locking you into their hardware.
Well, the experience does, as you suggest, rely on the concept of "buying" ebooks. Over time, I've sorted out what ebooks I'm willing to buy, what ebooks I will get free from places like Project Gutenberg, and what books I want as pbooks. Since I'm willing to pay for some ebooks, what difference does it make which ebookstore I pay? Well, here's what difference it makes: whatever I buy from Amazon I can read on my ipad, my iphone, and my soon to be K3. Plus, whatever I get from Project Gutenberg - thanks to Calibre.

Sony doesn't give me that option. Neither, for that matter, does Apple. The others do, but the store inventory isn't that large compared to Amazon.

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Yes, I agree that Sony's store sucks, but so do most DRM-only shops, IMO. I value portability, particularly since not all devices will have software that will support whatever brand of DRM out there. In addition to my wife's 505, I also have a Nokia N900, which I read ePubs on. No DRM support and not likely to be any in the future. Who knows what other device I might own in the future. I don't care how prevalent a format is, I don't want to be locked into one and base my purchasing decisions based on that.
The closest you can come to not being locked in is to use an app on an Apple device.

I also value portability, but in addition, I want better screen clarity. The K2 was too large and dull screened for me. The K3 should be much better.

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I still have a great love for the 505. Before I lost mine, I used it all the time and probably would still be using it if I still had it.
The 505 is outdated now, but it is a nice piece of equipment, and in my view has a better screen than the K2, in addition to having a smaller form factor. In fact, that's why I bought the 505 instead of the K2. That was before I knew what a kluge the Sony ebook purchasing system is.
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