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Originally Posted by jbcohen
Ido have an ipad at home, had to buy it for my son's education. The propretary aspect will force you to pay more for your books then you would from other makers. I do understand that the kindle is somewhat propretary since a kindle supports its own formats not the standards, however the kindle format is not a proprietary format at all, anyone who so desires to sell books in kindle format can offer books in kindle format - nothing proprietary there. Ipad books will need to come from apple since they are proprietary. Appl - Propretary - bad - Kindle, anyone can convert to kindle format - good.
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I'm sorry, but this is completely incorrect.
Firstly, you can read books from Amazon, B&N, Kobo, etc, on an iPad. Just install the Kindle app, B&N app, Kobo app, etc, on the iPad.
Secondly, even if you choose to use Apple's own "iBooks" app, it supports the industry-standard ePub format, and will read any DRM-free ePub book.
Thirdly, the Kindle format most assuredly IS proprietary.