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Originally Posted by AdrianM
So has anyone come up with an objective comparison of the numbers involved? That is the number of commercial mobi books from Amazon vs the numbers of commercial ePub books from everyone else. Also, the numbers of best sellers available in either format, or say, the numbers available from the top 100 selling authors. And how about the average price differences and discounts between Amazon vs "the others".
As we all know, free ePub/mobi format books that are not DRMed are so trivial to convert to any other format with Calibre that differences in numbers there are not even worth mentioning. Not that DRM really is much of a hurdle anyway.
After having owned both the kindle and nook, my opinion is that ebook availability for either is a non-issue or, in the rare instances it is, it tends to be more of an issue for ePub than mobi.
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my point actually wasn't so much for availablity of books on the ePub etc, though that may come in handy to have multiple sources to choose from when looking for an obscure title.
But more to do with having the ability to take advantages of certain sites that run promotions, discounts, coupons, etc.
for example I'm on Kobo's ebookstore emailing list. I get a TON of promotional coupons and save alot of money buying books from their site.
This to me personally has always been the biggest advantage of having ePub.