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Originally Posted by FF2
Regarding the locked in part - what if next month Amazon introduces a newer kindle that offers features you/someone cannot resist. Are you/they any less locked in? The previous choice of reader/format and books will be lost with the move to the new platform.
I guess I don't know but does the additional choice of shops with epub actually provide additional selections between themselves or provide real price competition? Or is this one of those idealist arguments where the choices really don't exist?
As I said in another post, my partner does not believe in spending money on books (other that at library book sales where they are pennies on the dollar) and so for her the library is her route to books/reading. Epub might make some sense but not in the choice of shops.
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The feature that would sell me on Kindle is support for epub.
The additional choice of shops certainly makes a difference to me as far as non-Agency books go, because I can shop around for a better price. I personally have been extremely happy buying from Kobobooks, because of their many coupon offers, which, even in the short time I've been buying e-books, has saved me a decent amount of money.
And as you say, the other great option I have is library books, which are a great benefit.