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Originally Posted by nowthenmobile
I would like to buy an eReader. My first consideration is the quality of the display - I would like my children to be able to use it and not experience any eye strain. From what I have read, the Kindle 3 seems to be in the lead here. Have I got that right? yes...as least to me.
Next, Kindle will not allow you to borrow EPUB files. Does a website exist where it is possible to borrow modern popular books? All I have found so far are local libraries lending a few books - certainly not popular children's books, like Artemis Fowl, Percy Jackson etc. If such a website existed, would it bring Amazon to its knees and force them to support EPUB borrowing, whatever that entails? Not all books are available digitally right now, regardless of the format. I doubt anything will "bring Amazon to its knees" 
The possibility of lending books between Nooks for 14 days - I read somewhere that this can only be done once for any given book. Is that true? From what I've read, yes, and while its lent out, you have no access to it. Also, not all books are able to be lent out. Nook owners will correct me if I'm wrong.
If I buy a Kindle and later want to switch to a Nook, am I licenced to convert my Kindle ebooks to Nook ebooks (Is their standard format the EPUB?)? Is that even possible? Surely you wouldn't lose all of your books would you? Of course you would. Unless yo are willing to 'liberate' them. Then, you can read them on any device. An illegal action in manys eyes.
If I decide to buy a Kindle and a Nook, so that our family has two readers available, can I share my Kindle ebooks with the Nook. No. I believe that you can share your ebooks between 6 Kindles, but what about sharing them with a Nook. What about Nook to Kindle? Again, no, without liberating them.
I know that is a lot of questions but I think they all hang together.
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