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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
Barnes and Noble's Nook is the ultimate closed system: it is only sold in the US, and B&N only sells its commercial ePubs in the US. Kindle devices and ebooks are sold around the world. Likewise, Kobo devices and ePubs are also sold around the world (including the ebooks B&N chooses not to sell outside its, er, "borders").
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The nook is not all that closed. It does handle ePub with adept DRM. So while B&N only sell ePub compatible with the nook, others sell ePub the nook works with.