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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
Or you can go to Best Buy where you can handle the Kindle, Nook, and Sony.
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If you are in Canada you might want to look at some of the topics on how to buy books for the Nook and Kindle. You can find those in the Nook and Amazon forums.
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You cannot see the Nook or Kindle in Best Buy in Canada -- only the Sony and only the 5" and 6" model (which is $100 more than the Kobo and doesn't offer wifi).
You cannot buy books for the Nook in Canada but that's ok becuase Barnes and Noble does not sell the device here.
Amazon's selection of books in Canada for the Kindle is pretty extensive; and so it Kobo. The Kobo is marginally cheaper once shipping, etc is added in bringing a Kindle across the border.
Using the Kindle 3 just as intended -- to buy Kindle books from Amazon, and some DRM-free books from other sources, and PD sources in mobi -- it's a terrific device.
Kobo has some pluses too: like access to other ePub stores (but finding anything better than kobobooks for Canadian audiences is tough) and most important public library book access which are mainly in ePub format. Depending where you live, this is a nice source of books to read. And, if you are after the basics, Kobo does the job.