My Kindle 2 kinda sorta took a dive off a dryer a few days ago, and I'm trying to figure out what to get to replace it.
Amazon/Kindle's DRM is activation based, and (as far as I know) lets you have 5-6 simultaneous activations-removing a book from a device or unregistering the device frees up an activation 'slot' for another device.
But how does ePub's DRM work? I'd heard that it actually uses a password instead of activation. That would be great, as I don't like activation...I like the idea that even if Sony or Nook goes away, I'd still be able to move my books to another compatible device just by coping them over and typing in a password.
My understand is that both the Sony Readers and Nooks use ePUB, but that the Nook uses a different form of DRM, that isn't supported on the Sony readers? So maybe one uses activation and one doesn't...or something.
Also while I'm at it, do any of the Sony readers have hardware page turn buttons? From pictures it doesn't look like it, and I'm not a fan of touch screens. Unfortunately Barnes & Noble hasn't updated the eInk Nook with an eInk Pearl screen, sort of making it less attractive to me than a Kindle 3/DX or a Sony Reader.
Any thoughts on all this would be appreciated!
