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Old 09-25-2008, 03:48 PM   #43
bill_mchale
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Originally Posted by GatorDeb View Post
Look at Fictionwise... you can get the Secured Mobipocket format and that works in the Kindle. You can also go to booksonboard and mobipocket.com.

Also, this is very important - you can break free any book you buy at Amazon if you get a Kindle. You cannot as of today break free your purchases from Sony.

AND... no computer needed... so you can download books directly into it with one click in most of the U.S.
True, but Sony now supports ePub format which means that you can buy books in that format and read them not only on the Sony, but on your computer (its one of the only ebook specific formats I have found that is available on a Mac as well as on a dedicated reader), and any other device that decides to implement it (which I hope will soon be many of them).

I don't mind DRM on books as long as its there to protect the interests of the author, not the interests of the hardware manufacturer.

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