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Originally Posted by EowynCarter
Prise, well, question of principle. I will prefer the web site that proposes me the right format, or the web site that don't geo-restrict me, even if more expensive.
And most of times, ePub have a better formating.
Sparing myself the bother of bypassing the geo-restrictions, of fixing the conversion mess, is with the extra money.
Selection, well, I have yet to find a book I want that is on amazon and not somewhere else. And remember, amazon's selection in europe isn't the US one...
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Well, that apparently depends on where you live. I can, by now, only go to either Amazon or Waterstones for my English language books. Both have the same price. Dutch books, I hardly read (even since I was 18, I primarily read English). And other stores increasingly don't want my money. Either I'm barred completely, or the selection is so small, it's not worth browsing anymore. Especially since some stores will only say you can't buy a book if you're trying to order it.
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Originally Posted by Bittybye
I've never had anything to do with the Kindle, but I won' buy books that I can't transfer a book to another device. And since I don't know, nor care to know how to strip DRM, ePub is the only logical choice for me.
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The problem starts when you have 3 readers that just don't want to read DRM'd epub and probably never will read DRM'd epub. And no, there's no Kindle in our house until the Kindle 3 arrives. So, in that sense, epub is far from universal. Because if it was, all devices should be able to read it.
Actually, it's not epub that's the problem. It's DRM. I can read DRM-less epubs on those three readers. The same that I can read DRM-less mobipocket on my fourth (haven't checked the fifth yet...) Epub can be a good format to keep your books. It's easy to convert to other formats and it's open. It's the DRM that spoils everything.