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Originally Posted by rblover
I don't mind being locked into a store with a selection of more than 2.43 million books....1.8 million public domain, and 630,000 non public domain. Hell will freeze over before I can finish reading all of them. So...what do I need other books from other sources for...espcially when most of the books from the other sources will be the same books available from Amazon, anyway? Once every few years there may be a new, hot, Harry Potter type best seller from only one publishing house, which won't be available from Amazon. So what? I can either: not read it-as I read few new best sellers, anyway-or I can buy a paper version, and read that, or I can borrow a paper version, or other ereader, from a friend who has it, or I can wait a couple of years until Amazon does have a copy of it available. Why should I base my entire purchasing/reading habits upon what might happen with regards to one book which may be available once in a blue moon? Neither e-pub capability, or touch screens, holds any fascination for me.
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All that won't work the moment you step outside the US, be it because of language or the simple joys of borrowing a book from a library.
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A general problem with a closed ecosystem is that you'll soon have to march by the company's drum. Look at what Apple has done - especially in the last five or six years: They have closed the system so much that anyone with a tad more productivity demands than connecting an iPhone and iPod are forgotten, giving less choice in the long run.
It's fine buying into a closed system, but by doing that, you're giving yourself less choice in the long run. Further down the line, you will have so much invested in propriety soft- and hardware that it will be expensive to break free from the vice grip of the company, taking lots of effort on top of it.