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Originally Posted by astra
The majority have no clue/don't give a fig about compatibility, DRM etc. All they care is convenience. If you can get a book with a few clicks of a mouse start reading a book, then come, home switch on another device that will automatically synchronise with the other one where you started to read the book and open the book on the same page where you left off....it sounds like a dream.
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My guess is that the majority of people don't care because they are using their first e-reader. Suppose it's a Kindle; they're happily buying books from Amazon. But now there are suddenly these non-Kindle color e-readers that look tempting--it could easily be an unpleasant surprise to discover that, oops, those Kindle books won't transfer to the color reader under the Christmas tree.
It's when people go off the reservation to a different device that their eyes will be opened to the compatibility and DRM issues.