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Originally Posted by eric11210
If the price difference is significant, I'd agree with you. However, there are a few things to keep in mind:
1. Not everyone is technically oriented enough to do this.
2. Not everyone is comfortable with this.
3. There is a value in supporting independent bookstores. I personally will only get free books from the Kindle store which I can read on my iPhone when for whatever reason I don't have my reader available. I refuse to give Amazon my business since I believe they are trying to monopolize the market the way that Apple does for music (I also only use unsecured music and don't purchase from the iTunes store for the same reason).
4. Often, the cost difference is almost nothing. In the case of the books mentioned in this thread, it sounds like the cost is around 2-4 pence cheaper. For the few pennies it costs, I don't want to be bothered with converting books even if I could save a bit.
Just my 2 cents of course.
Eric
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All valid points, Eric. The key reason for doing is simply that Amazon have a very much larger ebook collection than anyone else, and often you can find ebooks there that aren't easily available elsewhere. Their prices are very often significantly lower than elsewhere.