hello
I am new to this forum, I stumbled across it whilst researching ereaders as I've decided to invest in one. However, I'm feeling a bit narked about how they mainly seem to be tied into one retailer to purchase content. I initially was favoring the new kindle, but then I checked and found out that our library loans ebooks, but that the format they provide them in, Epub, is not supported on the kindle. So after the kindle I favored the bebook neo (despite the large price difference) but now I realise that you can only purchase ebooks from amazon to use on a kindle.
I would really like to be able to purchase ebooks from amazon as they seem to have a huge selection that (after a brief comparison) appears to be the cheapest. But I also really want to be able to loan ebooks from my library. I've read suggestions that people buy a cheap secondhand kindle to get round this, but for me this is missing the point. I can only afford one device (birthday present) and I think i would only want one anyway, as for me the idea is that you have all your books available in on one device. Not spread across two. i have a small budget so I ideally would like to be able to purchase books as cheaply as possible and when I have no spare cash I'd like to be able to fall back on the library collection. I'm just so confused now
Any advice from seasoned users? I can't make a decision either way at the mo. I just can't believe that amazon are forcing people to only be able to buy content through them/buy their technology. It seems so shortsighted and surely misses the point of ereaders? If you were able to use the library format on the kindle i would happily buy one, but this has thrown me.
Sorry about the moan, if I am getting it wrong (which i hope I am) please enlighten me, but if I am right, why oh why oh why?!
for reading
Lisa
