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Originally Posted by bcgirl
I see that a lot of people have more than one ereader device. I mean, I have an iPad2 plus a Sony PRS-T1. My iPad2 was not purchased for ereading, but I started to do so and then got a Sony ereader, just for reading.
But I see that others have a Kindle, as well as a Kobo Touch and sometimes even more than two!
Are you reading on different devices, or why do you use more ereaders? Just curious.
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I usually have a momentary favorite. For the last circa 6 months this has been Kindle Paperwhite. But I'm reading on various devices in parallel.
For one, I have my 3 main libraries (Kindle, Nook, Kobo) on all of my tablets.
Plus I have dedicated readers and/or tablets for those 3 main libraries.
Why more than a single favorite?
I'm always tempted to buy the "next big thing". So if something new comes out and I buy it, for some time it becomes one of my travel companions. Then often I buy books for a second or even third time. My favorites I have on almost all platforms, so I have them available no matter what.
In the beginning, when my collection started to grow, I stripped my books from DRM and converted them via calibre to the other platforms. But I found, it isn't worth the effort for me anymore. Now I take my favorite units, normally about a handful of them, with me on my trips of more than 3 days. And then I buy my books on whatever unit just comes handy.
So my books are spread over numerous platforms:
About 900 Kindle, 400 Nook, 300 Kobo, 600 ePUB, 300 PDFs, 700 LITs, 300 MOBIs and so on...