Thread: Top Ten Reasons To Not Buy An iPad
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Old 12-29-2010, 09:30 AM   #180
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Originally Posted by allen.gotwald View Post
I got an email from an individual justifying the #1 status for the Kindle by the "top 10" site. The justification assumes everyone buying a device is new to the ereader market. I cannot accept a device that negates my entire library (EPUB and soon to be EPUB), makes it impossible to use library sites, negates being able to use Gutenberg.net or Mobileread.com ebooks. For example, I love obscure texts like A.E. Merritt. Mobileread has all his texts online for free. I went to the Kindle store and found a single text for $4. If it sells, it's available. That's not good enough. I want to find whatever I want and read whatever I find without restriction by the device owner. EPUB is as close to a standard as there is so I can purchased secure EPUB or download some other format (and convert it).
Actually, you can use Project Gutenberg to get e-books for the Kindle. I do it all the time on mine. And for Mobileread.net epub files, all you have to do is convert them to MOBI files with Calibre to read them on the Kindle.
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