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Originally Posted by taosaur
I would never have purchased a B&N product (Color) if it were truly locked to their store. Even stock, they take epub, which gives me access to just about every e-book retailer or library BUT Amazon.
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See? that's the comment that non Kindle users keep repeating (and no offense) but that's not accurate. As a matter of fact, is still tied up to your the user's point of view and preferred online store. I can't find my computer books on B&N store, so I sold by Nook. That does not mean I was tied up to B&N but was easier for me buying a Kindle where I can find most of my books directly from Amazon, without the extra step of removing the DRM, etc, it's just convenience.
Both stores locked you into their store. It can be the case but they are expecting from you to buy directly from them. They really want you to buy from them directly because they make money with ebooks, not ereaders not as much as with books
Regarding side loading, you can certainly sideload on Nook and sideload on Kindle 3. There is no such thing that being locked or excessive freedom because the other reader uses ePub. Most best sellers are in Amazon store or even in mobi format, there is no issue there. I've seen cases where the opposite is also true, books on Amazon but not on B&N or with a higher price.
Library lending? Amazon will provide it at the end of the year.
Conclusion: the problem is the DRM thing and B&N and Amazon they both are "guilty" of not letting the user do whatever they want after purchasing a book, without recurring to DRM removal scripts.