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					Originally Posted by  rhadin
					 
				 
				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. 
			
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 You are assuming that epub will still be around as a viable format. The format is only about three years old and may be replaced by something else in a few years...as has happened with many other formats.