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Originally Posted by the.Mtn.Man
Doesn't matter. You can't take your Kindle library to another device meaning that all those "free and cheap books" are of limited value. If you stick with a DRM-free non-proprietary format like epub then your choice of ereader is wide open to anything but the Kindle which only supports the proprietary mobi format. This, in my opinion, places the Kindle at a substantial disadvantage.
As for "free and cheap", you can find thousands of public domain epub books on the internet. I have a library of over 300 books on my Kobo Touch, and not a single one of them cost me a dime. Best of all, they can be easily transferred to any other (non-Kindle) ereader.
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But you
can "take your Kindle library to another device". I put my Kindle books on my Literati and my Nook Color for reading in bed at night. And vice versa - I put my Kobo and B&N and Sony books on my Kindle. I'm a bit naughty that way.
And you fail to notice (or mention) that almost all of those thousands of public domain free ePubs are also available as .mobi or .prc or .txt books as well, so can also go on the Kindle. And your ePub freebies can go on a Kindle as well, all you'd need to do is run them through Calibre. Or go back and pick them up in a Kindle version.
But hey - glad you seem to be as happy with your Kobo as I am with my Kindle.
Competition keeps everyone on their toes, which is good for us as users.