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EowynCarter · 06-08-2011, 04:02 AM

This is also something to remember : things change.

Fist i got a gen 3 reading mobi. Mobi was the good choice then. then, sometimes later, something happened : sony ditch their format, the French publishers switch to ePub.

oups !!

Luckily, i had already de-DRM my mobi books, calibre did that the rest (almost) happily.

That's the main problem with lock-in, DRM... that's not an instant problem, but you can't foresee the future. And eventually, it will become one.
Kindle being the best for you in 2011 don't mean it will still be the best for you in 2013.

06-08-2011, 04:02 AM	#48
EowynCarter Wizard Posts: 4,337 Karma: 4000000 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paris Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1	This is also something to remember : things change. Fist i got a gen 3 reading mobi. Mobi was the good choice then. then, sometimes later, something happened : sony ditch their format, the French publishers switch to ePub. oups !! Luckily, i had already de-DRM my mobi books, calibre did that the rest (almost) happily. That's the main problem with lock-in, DRM... that's not an instant problem, but you can't foresee the future. And eventually, it will become one. Kindle being the best for you in 2011 don't mean it will still be the best for you in 2013. Last edited by EowynCarter; 06-08-2011 at 04:19 AM.