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Old 05-28-2008, 01:18 PM   #28
Steven Lyle Jordan
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Ok, lets consider I am an average person.
We'll give you the benefit of the doubt...

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What, I can't read the books I buy from Amazon on the Sony too?

To me, the above scenerio would be one a normal person would run into. As you say, not really understanding DRM and thinking the books would work on both devices.
You're right, and this is likely to be the single biggest stumbling block related to all e-books: I can't read one book on another device; and most "normal" people won't realize that until it's too late. Therefore, the sooner we have a common format (like ePub) that users can buy, and have their device, whatever it is, automatically read/convert it, the better the industry will be.

Actually, there is another option for "normal" people, that should go before option 4: Stick with whatever you already have, grumble about the things others have that you don't, and hope things get better (in other words, wait for ePub to save us all), before you get fed up and go with 4. For early adopters, it's akin to Death By a Thousand Cuts. But if you're a patient person, this strategy actually works well, if slowly.
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