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Old 06-30-2011, 11:54 AM   #117
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
40% of yours. If one bought more at B&N it would be less, down to and including 0.
So tell the truth: that it's a POTENTIAL problem all around for DRMed books, not a Kindle or Amazon exclusive, and that it may never effect you on either side.

So why not tell people to check for the availability of the sort of stuff they expect to buy, and either get a reader that accommodates it, or choose the reader they like best but understand the potential limitations on the books.

But keep lying about how closed the Kindle is and how open the nook is, and darn straight I'll keep correcting the misinformation.

Kobo coupons are great, no argument there.
Note that Kobo is still not the number one ebook store. Perhaps comparison shopping with occasional coupons is just not worth the inconvenience for many people compared to one-click on device shopping? Maybe the issue just isn't all that important to many.

Which has been my point. All along.

ApK

I agree DRM is an issue, never argued any different. And please refer me to my post where I said you are Locked in? Now what you aren't being up front about is, while Yes technically Amazon is not "locked in" because of it's support for DRM free Mobi. What you fail to tell others is very little to no mainstream publishers and top authors are sold on DRM FREE mobi. You get a littany of self publisher or obscure publishers and authors. (Not that there is anything wrong with that, I myself enjoy them) but ifyou want to get your Nora Roberts or Dean Koontz fix on, you're going to run into trouble if you are looking for Mobi DRM FREE.



You can chase this tail in circles all you want but the bottom line at face value and no stripping of DRM or having to convert the advantages of epub
is again

1. take advantage of sales, promotions and discounts from other ereader bookstores

and

2. Being able to take your ePub library with you if you decide to change ereaders since basically ALL ereaders support ePub except the Kindle.

So you can defend Amazon all you want but those are the facts.
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