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Originally Posted by eerok
it's not the formats you can buy that make a difference in the reader, but the formats a reader can render.
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I will have to disagree.
Being able to read a specific format means nothing if you cannot find a particular book for your device. So, if you have a Nook but you cannot find X or Y book on their store... what kind of advantage is that? Yes, your device probably can read ePub books... so what?
This has been a hot debate here and each people love their own devices, of course. But we should buy or get an ereader based on the kind of books we can get and read, for the device we chose.
I used to have a Nook 1st gen, ok reader, especially after several firmware upgrades. But the SQL and Computer book selection is poor so I sold it and bought a Kindle DXG plus a Kindle 3! I don't buy a device to brag about being able to read ePub books, I bought it to read ebooks I like and read. If you can find and get your books with a reader which uses ePub format, great! But that should not be extrapolate to others or take it as an argument against other ereaders.
Also, people always forget that not because the book comes on ePub format is an immediate key to freedom. B&N ePub books and all main online ebook stores put DRM protection to all their books so it is basically a proprietary format unless you break the encryption which could be illegal depending of the country.