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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
This is true of *all* ereaders, though, and it's an inherent problem with e-books. There is no guarantee that, in five years, you'll be able to read your e-books on any device. This is far from an Amazon problem. And I'm much more confident that Amazon will be in the business of selling e-books in five years than I am that B&N or Borders will be in business at all, or that Apple will still be selling ibooks.
So if you really want to be safe, you shouldn't buy e-books.
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Actually, a better alternative might be to buy a device that reads ePub and to buy only books in ePub format. If Sony stops selling books, its ebooks will still be readable -- without DRM stripping -- on numerous other devices; in contrast, if Amazon pulls the rug, there is no alternative absent DRM stripping, which most ebook buyers do not/cannot do.