Oh, ho, ho. With stores already full of tinsel and Christmas trees, it's a good time to start thinking about buying gifts for your nearest and dearest. To help you out on your little shopping frenzy, Jane of the excellent DearAuthor blog
compiled a list of currently available e-book devices, which includes a careful comparison of prices and features. Her personal recommendation:
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The Sony Reader for PC users and the Bookeen for Mac users but only because Bookeen supports the Mobipocket format. The problem with DRM is that it prevents consumers from actually buying the best device for their dollar. At $299, there doesn't appear to be a sufficient reason to spend $50 more to buy a device from France that will have to be serviced in France if there are any problems. A PC user can avail herself of the Lit books (using a lit conversion program) that is available at nearly every ebook store but a MAC user cannot.
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