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Originally Posted by jehane
ProfCrash and JoCampo, perhaps you missed the bit about getting books from the library? Sure, she could break the DRM and convert everything, but if she is *mainly* looking to get books from the library, surely you'd have to recommend a device that reads epub natively and save her the trouble? It really doesn't sound like she wants to purchase books much.
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Please look at my first post in this topic. The one that says "That would be the Sony, the Kobo, the Nook and a series of other e-readers that I am not as familiar with."
I have not suggested a Kindle.
I have pointed out that more bookstores does not equal more available books. The implication of the "EPub means you can shop at all these bookstores" is that you can find more books in EPub which is not the case.
I have no problem with people buying an EPub reader. I recommended an EPub reader in this topic and in may other topics.
I do have a problem with this desire of folks to make it sound like you will find more books with an EPub reader then you will because you are locked in, tied to, whatever the language of the day is to the Amazon store.
There are many stores that sell books in Mobi. Not BN, Sony, or Kobo but smaller independent e-book stores. Even if you don't use those, Amazon sells more titles, even after removing the public domain titles, then BN, Sony, and Kobo. So if you are interested in buying a device that gives you the greatest access to available books, the Kindle is your best bet.