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Originally Posted by jerryleejr
Let's rephrase a little, What if there was a universal format, Which device would you choose?
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Sony. Best price. Nice looking. Easily available. Don't have to ship to France for warranty issues. Not 1st gen. hardware.
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Originally Posted by jerryleejr
I really think your first consideration should be Content Which device will allow you to read what you want without any conversion, Next you should look at features what can you live with or without?
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Kindle or Cybook.
As for features...I don't need a dictionary or wifi or the ability to annotate. I just want to read.
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Originally Posted by wallcraft
Almost all Kindle ebooks are in the AZW format, which is essentially DRMed MOBI, and crackable by mobidedrm. A minority of Kindle ebooks are in the TOPAZ format (typically with extension .azw1), which is not currently convertible to anything else.
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Really? So the mobidedrm script will work on AZW files? Cool. I did a test with it on a Secure Mobi book from Fictionwise but didn't realize the script would work on AZW files too.
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Originally Posted by wallcraft
Note that if you go the "always format shift" route, any of the current ebook readers, including those without DRM support, are candidates.
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Yeah, which is probably part of my indecision.
I really wish readers were under $200...that is a price point at which I would just take a jump without overthinking it.
As for the Kindle, I probably would go for it despite the "proprietary mobi format" if it a) wasn't $359 and b) was less ugly. I have seen one in person...granted for only a couple minutes...but a friend bought one and brought it into work and I couldn't believe how cheap and ugly it seemed. Maybe it grows on you?