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delphidb96 · 12-15-2007, 05:23 PM

I like many of the features of the Kindle.

My sole complaint, (other than it's competing with the Cybook, and thus with NAEB) is that Amazon expects me to buy AZW format versions of secure Mobipocket ebooks I've already purchased if I want to read them on the Kindle.

IOW, let us presume I didn't own a Cybook. Let us presume that I've been using my PC or my Axim to do all my Secure Mobipocket reading. Let us further assume that of the 1,900 Secure Mobipocket ebooks I currently own, there are 400 which I enjoy enough to re-read them. Now if I weren't able to buy a Cybook, my recourse upon buying a Kindle - and can we all agree that reading ebooks on an eInk display, even a 6" one, is far superior in many lighting situations than reading on an LCD screen? - if I want to stay 'legal' is to accept the 'hidden cost' for the re-purchase of those 400 ebooks in AZW format. If we accept that the average price (they're all rather new books) is going to be at least $6 per ebook, that means I've got to shell out $2,400 for ebooks I've already purchased!

Nope. If I get a Kindle, I'm going to make use of Igorsk's scripts!

Derek

12-15-2007, 05:23 PM	#12
delphidb96 Wizard Posts: 2,999 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Citrus Heights, California Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V	Don't get me wrong... I like many of the features of the Kindle. My sole complaint, (other than it's competing with the Cybook, and thus with NAEB) is that Amazon expects me to buy AZW format versions of secure Mobipocket ebooks I've already purchased if I want to read them on the Kindle. IOW, let us presume I didn't own a Cybook. Let us presume that I've been using my PC or my Axim to do all my Secure Mobipocket reading. Let us further assume that of the 1,900 Secure Mobipocket ebooks I currently own, there are 400 which I enjoy enough to re-read them. Now if I weren't able to buy a Cybook, my recourse upon buying a Kindle - and can we all agree that reading ebooks on an eInk display, even a 6" one, is far superior in many lighting situations than reading on an LCD screen? - if I want to stay 'legal' is to accept the 'hidden cost' for the re-purchase of those 400 ebooks in AZW format. If we accept that the average price (they're all rather new books) is going to be at least $6 per ebook, that means I've got to shell out $2,400 for ebooks I've already purchased! Nope. If I get a Kindle, I'm going to make use of Igorsk's scripts! Derek