Thanks for your replies.
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Originally Posted by queentess
There is no standard at all with ebooks. No standard note-taking format, no standard file type. You can only purchase from stores that sell the format type your ereader can manage (though with an iPad, there are apps for all the major stores).
I'm a little confused on why you would purchase from Kobo and strip DRM, but avoid Amazon? Is there a particular app you're using that doesn't read the mobi format?
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I thought epub was pretty much the standard apart from Amazon seem to be ignoring it (which I suppose stops it being a standard). I'm not as keen buying from Amazon as it's a proprietary format which sometimes seems to occasionaly have formatting issues converting to an epub.
It seems there are 2 apps for the ipad that can load DRMed book, bluefire and txtr, which this could avoid the hassle of striping DRM. However although bluefire looks promising it doesn't seem to be there yet and missing simple features like inbuilt dictionary.
I think using Calibre with ibooks and given that most ebook stores seem to use Adobe DRM epubs will be the best option. (will need to remove drm though unfortunately). This will have the benefit of making it work with future devices - as abookreader mentioned which is definitely important.
This issue is around making sure the notes don't disappear should I stop using an apple device and start using something else. It's good that the ipad/iphone sync notes and notes can be exported via email (but not highlights) but that's really dissapointing that there isn't a standard notes format (perhaps as part of the epub specification). I'm not keen on the idea of annotating a hundred books only to find this becomes useless a year or two down the line.
Does any ereader (or software) have transferable notes so they can be used annotated on pc/browser etc... as well as on an ereader?
(Also I find the ipad battery lasts amazingly well - as long as my iliad but that was a broken beta product so doesn't say too much. )
Anyway I found lots of good information on these forums which has been a great help. Notes/annotations is the only sticking point