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Old 12-12-2010, 12:13 AM   #96
Miss Understood
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Originally Posted by =X= View Post
-- 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.
=X=
You know what I find weird is that I see people saying you can only read B&N books on Nook. I must have been lucky or something, because I have all of my B&N epubs on my Sony and all of my Sony Store books on my Nook. I have no problem reading all of my books on both devices.

Also, about the library issue, not all libraries have small inferior choices for download. Two of my local libraries belong to big consortiums that could afford a lot of ebooks so they have HUGE selections.

Just my two cents. I'm glad that Kindle owners are happy with their devices.
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