Thread: Which one should I buy?
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Old 02-19-2012, 04:23 AM   #14
jehane
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Originally Posted by readaholic View Post
My question is: from what I've read I understand that Kindle content (or what I can load on it) will be country specific (Canada in my case) and limited in this way. My understanding is that Sony T1 is the only e reader that will not limited you to your country but will let you access worldwide resources. Is it correct?

I will only use my prospective e reader to read books in English and Russian. What would you suggest?

Thanks a lot,

Irena
Hi Irena

It's not quite like that. Of the 2 DRM (protected) formats, Kindle will read azw/mobi books. Sony will read epub books. Amazon only sell Kindle format books. Most of the other major shops (Kobo, B&N, Borders) only sell epub format books. If you buy a book from Amazon you will not be able to read it on a Sony without converting it. If you buy a book from one of the others you will not be able to read it on a Kindle without converting it. So if you have particular needs (eg Russian-language books) it is worth checking different shops for their general availability. Many publishers offer both epub and Kindle format books.

Also, B&N and Kobo both have their own versions of epub - nookbooks and kepubs will only work on nooks and kobos respectively. Kobo also sells regular epubs alongside the kepubs so if you buy from there be sure to choose the correct format. I don't know much about B&N other than not having any significant presence outside the US (not sure about Canada).

Much of the time the restrictions are not specific to the shop or format - it is an author/publisher restriction in that the author has not sold the publishing rights for that region or the publisher with the rights to that region has not published an ebook version. This may be a problem for you if the Russian-language versions are not available for sale in Canada, but you may like to check out Russian shops and see whether you are able to buy from there and what they have.

If you plan to use library resources then go with the Sony. Most public library ebooks are in epub only.

I am surprised that the Sony does not support txt format. I know my old model PRS300 does - I have read txt documents on it without problem.

Hope this helps.
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