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mldavis2 · 10-23-2010, 06:45 PM

If you don't intend to get into conversion of formats, you should first look at what type of reading you intend to do with your eBook reader. If you buy a lot of current titles and top 100 books, most of those are available with Amazon which would suggest a Kindle. If you intend to 'borrow' eBooks from your local library, the Kindle won't work (without a lot of conversion work and DRM-stripping which isn't simple or legal). Sony looks good to me for ePub (library and Barns & Noble stuff). I bought a Kindle 3 and love it for its size, weight, one hand operation and access to Amazon's 750,000 titles.

10-23-2010, 06:45 PM	#5
mldavis2 Coffee Nut Posts: 410 Karma: 298350 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Missouri Device: Kindle 3; K4PC; Calibre	If you don't intend to get into conversion of formats, you should first look at what type of reading you intend to do with your eBook reader. If you buy a lot of current titles and top 100 books, most of those are available with Amazon which would suggest a Kindle. If you intend to 'borrow' eBooks from your local library, the Kindle won't work (without a lot of conversion work and DRM-stripping which isn't simple or legal). Sony looks good to me for ePub (library and Barns & Noble stuff). I bought a Kindle 3 and love it for its size, weight, one hand operation and access to Amazon's 750,000 titles.