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Originally Posted by jocampo
What was 1st, the chicken or the egg?
That is exactly what I mean, The poll indicates people basically buy based on the e-reader characteristics and what electronic format it supports. If we buy based on the kind of books we like and how big the collection could be for that device, we should not face any kind of problem when getting a new title.
On the other hand, if people buy based on the format and device, it could happen later that the books you like are not available for your particular e-reader, of maybe more expensive. This is one of the reason why I sold my Nook 1st generation: ok device and Kindle 3 did not exist at that time, but I got tired of not finding my IT books on B&N or any other store different than Amazon. In practical terms, the ePUb format for me was useless.
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True...but you were already looking for IT books. That puts you light-years ahead of my technical knowledge already. When I was shopping for my device I had never heard of Calibre, regular expressions, or format conversions. I had the belief that if I wanted to use a Kindle I had to buy books from the Kindle store or email via whispernet. I buy a lot of books from small press publishers and I also had no idea that the Amazon file (which I knew as .azw) was the same thing as .mobi.
I already knew that the Kobo and other epub supporting devices would allow me to continue to buy from my (multiple) small publishers.
So, what's a girl to do? Give up my reading habits or give up my shopping habits?