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Originally Posted by nikkie
I'm actually pleasantly surprised to see how many people are buying books from Kobo, and just plain surprised to see how many aren't buying from B&N.
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When looking just at the reader functionality, comparing the Nook to the Kindle, I preferred the Nook, but once other issues were factored in:
- Amazon still has a bigger selection, I think
- Kindle books can be read on more devices
- Whispersync and on-line storage of books
Ultimately, while Nook will add/has added more of these features, they're still playing catch up with Amazon in terms of the marketplace. I don't like buying books that are DRM-locked to one provider, but if I'm going to, it might as well be the provider with the most content and who is most likely to stay in the ebook game. I already don't like the fact that I have remember whether a given book is in iBooks or Kindle before start to read it, so I'm not likely to add yet another book silo to my iPad. If B&N sold their books in a format that I could read in iBooks, then they might tempt me away from Amazon. Until then, I might as well go where most of the books are.