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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Kindles are not as popular outside the US as you seem to think it is. ePub is the format outside the USA.
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Wrong!
Most people know and recognize a Kindle in Colombia. El Tiempo, the most important newspaper there, has a Kindle version, and iPad version too.
When I mention Sony readers, they have no idea what I am talking about. As a matter of fact, they are so expensive (Sony readers) that are being sold on selected cities and stores only, not the same for Kindle.
The price of a Sony ereader is the equivalent to 1 or 2 months of salary for a regular Colombian worker. Yeah, we're a poor country, but that should give you an idea that prices are also important when getting a new ereader, hence the popularity of Kindle, which is not a bad device at a very competitive price.
Moreover, my friends there they don't even know the differences or talk about file formats, as long as they can use or read their books on their Kindle.