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I've heard all the anti Amazon statements and just don't buy them. I don't think they are well thought out. Let me see if I can summarize all the re-occurring, weekly anti-amazon rants in one post. (followed by my response)
-- Can only read on the kindle.
>> Not true, I can read on my phone, PC, tablet, iPad, mac, etc..
-- No public library access.
>> Really? For years my city does not have access to eBooks and now that it does the selection is small and most books worth looking are checkedout. The wait is long and the time to read is short.
>> It makes no business sense. People wont' buy the kindle because they want to avoid paying for books? Really... you mean they've loss a business opportunity that they would have never gotten.
-- Choice.
>> Yes this is something of great value to me. But I would rather go to one store and have a great selection (read choice) of books a great prices than having a great choice of independent book vendors with a small book selection.
-- I want choices prt 2.
>> Careful what you wish for. When I owned my sony, I purchased from different vendors. The result has been a roller coaster ride. I've lost books due to formats being discontinued, books being OP, contracts(between Indp Ret and Publishers) changing.
Also own more than 200 books, it is a pain to have to go through each vendor when I want to re-download a book.
-- ePUB is an open standard
>> True but that is not what most people buy. They buy DRM ePUB(aka Adobe) and that is just as closed as Amazon's Mobi. It's a closed format it's owned by one company. And then of course you have Apple's and B&N's format to confuse folks even more.
-- It's not ePUB vs MOBI..... it's DRM vs. No-DRM.
>> I'm tired of the ePUB vs MOBI argument ... Big Endian/Little Endian.. who cares. The real issue is DRM vs No DRM.
-- Wispersync.
>> This is a great selling point of Amazon and something you don't get if you don't buy from them. Having the ability to read on my phone, PC, and Kindle and having the annotations, bookmarks synced is a fantastic feature. Again something you don't get, buying from independent vendors.
If people truly want choice don't bang on amazon's door, bang on the publisher and authors(some,not the MR Authors) who insist on fixed prices, and DRM.
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