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Old 03-31-2011, 02:26 PM   #147
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
I see. Fascinating. So all the Nooks, Sony, Kobo, and many other ADE compatible devices and apps in use are irrelevant, and the fact that more and more libraries are adding ebook collections, and many of those that do have long waiting lists for the ebooks don't matter.
As Yogi said, "no one comes here anymore, it's too crowded."

So, precisely how much more popular need all the other ereaders be before they matter?

ApK

My little rural library didn't have ebooks two years ago when I bought my Sony, so that wasn't a deciding factor in choosing that over a Kindle.

Now it does, and so now it would be. I LOVE library books, I always have a hold list.

Everyone chooses a reader based on what is important to them. Some, who can afford it, have more than one so that they can have access to everything.

What I object to is the people who declaim *loudly* that their choice is perfect and anyone who chooses differently is stupid. That only *their* chosen device 'matters' - despite all the evidence to the contrary.

Sure, there are more Kindles in the US (probably not the world yet) than Sonys. Or Nooks. Or Kobos.

But put all the epub-compliant readers together with the growing public library access and you have something potentially formidable.

There are no 'losers' - despite some people's tendencies to choose sides. Everyone who reads is a winner.
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