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Old 01-13-2011, 01:58 PM   #52
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Originally Posted by eerok View Post
The answer is simple from my point of view: it's not the formats you can buy that make a difference in the reader, but the formats a reader can render. I chose the Sony over the Kindle largely because the Sony can render EPub, the open standard ebook format. I don't trust proprietary formats.

I also don't like the stories I've heard of Amazon pulling content off readers. That qualifies as a showstopper for me right there. Last year I spent over $3K on physical books from Amazon.ca, so I'm not a hater. I'll keep buying physical books from them, but I don't trust their ebook side of things at all.
I believe the Kindle can read .mobi, which is open and a pretty easy format to work with? Calibre coverts between epub and mobi with ease.
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