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Originally Posted by Xenophon
Well... The number one reason not to buy from the Sony bookstore is that they don't want my money!  If they can't be bothered to support my platform of choice, I can't be bothered to spend any $$ with them.  |
Why does everyone expect an industry to develop a business model around what they choose? I think that going in to a purchase like this, one should understand that if they buy a Kindle they wont be reading from the Sony Store and Vice Versa, I dont think one should be angry with the competition. (When you said platform of choice I thought you meant the reader not Computer I now realize you and I are in the same boat so to speak, But I have overcome this small inconvenience with bootcamp and VMware Fusion) Not matter how much I love my Mac I understand that to an extent it is a Windows World.
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Originally Posted by Xenophon
I purchase only DRM-free books whenever possible. I buy the occasional .lit file because I know I can unlock it*. I've lost one batch of books to DRM that wasn't compatible with my next ebook hardware -- that'll NEVER happen again, because I WILL NOT have any more DRM-crippled books. Ever.
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Originally Posted by Xenophon
Of course, even if Sony fixed their little platform problem (perhaps by going with a Web-based store that supported actual *gasp* standards) they'd still face the problem that their prices are out of whack**. I expect to pay $6 or less for a newly released eBook (we're talking fiction here -- non-fiction may be quite different). Publishers who expect to get more are smoking funny-and-probably-illegal substances... 
Xenophon
** This problem may well lie more with publishers than with Sony, but still... |
IF you are buying DRM free books you wouldnt be buying from Sony or Kindle stores, Plus those same DRM free books that you are getting probably can be converted to be used with just about any Device you own. There isnt one device to my knowledge that supports all formats, I dont believe that there is one publisher that releases books in all formats, With all devices we must pick and choose. I am not pro one device over another I believe it is up to the individual, As for the prices of books Sony had contacted the publisher a few times for me regarding price differences. Until there is a universal format DRM will be a fact of life. Even if you do have a substanial investment in one format and that company decides to fold, I would bet that you can still read them on your computer or keep the last device you purchased.
JJ