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Originally Posted by Latinandgreek
(...) although the Kindle Paperwhite is tempting me, as I have long thought that t would be nice to have a Kindle as a backup ebook reader, so that I could get the best of both worlds. I would also appreciate the higher resolution screen.
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Kindle only tempted me in the early days of e-reading, when I did not yet understand the hostage scheme Amazon uses. I despise their refusal to enable the Kindle for reading the internationally accepted ePUB format.
As far as I am concerned they could still keep using their special restricted MOBI versions for their own merchandise (I would never buy it anyway), but at the same time offer ePUB for those who refuse to take the Amazon bait, and for those who live in countries where local ebooks are mainly or even exclusively distributed as ePUBS.
The mere thought of being enslaved to one ereader brand for the rest of my life because they hold my books hostage is totally unacceptable.
I also refuse to buy any kind of DRM-infested book. The books I buy are mine and I read them on any e-reading devise I see fit. In the last six months I have bought 23 books, none of them with DRM.
I know of course that you can convert ebooks and rip DRM, but I feel very strongly that when I pay for a book I should not have to jump through hoops to be able to read it on the device of my choise.
So Kindle is out of the question for me. I exclusively buy open ereader platforms, or whatever it is called in English.