i can understand Sidd on some point. You American tends to forget that the e-book situation in the US isn't the same as in other part of the world.
Yeah, we tends to suggest our own readers more easily. Because they're the one the fits us
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And well, I feel I can speak about the cybooks, because I own them, i know their good points and their bad points. For the other readers, i can only speak from hearsay.
Honestly the "privacy" issue isn't the problem I have in mind with the kindle. More the technically inferior and less open mobi, as well as the lesser choice in e-book. (right now, no mobi book from the french publishers).