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HansTWN · 11-04-2013, 05:58 PM

I started out with a Sony 505, that was a pain to use so I got the Irex 800. Great device, but after a year or so the screen took a turn for the worse and the battery life sucked from the start. So I got a Kindle DXG when they were on sale since I couldn't see myself going back to a 6" device. But the DXG was overkill, just too big and heavy. I recently sold it and got a Kobo Aura HD. Before getting the Kobo I bought almost all my books on Amazon, but with the coupon codes the Kobo store offers better deals now (most of the time). In general I like to support Amazon, a company that treats its customers right --- I wish all companies worked like them. If they had a 7" or 8" Kindle PW2 I would have bought one without hesitation. Converting epubs is not really an issue for me, I run everything through Calibre, anyway. They all try to tie you into their eco-systems, that is just a solid business practice. Amazon is just ahead of the game in using their own DRM system which saves them from having to pay big bucks to Adobe. Nothing sinister about that, especially since they control more than half the market, so Amazon is actually the standard, not epub.

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HansTWN Wizard Posts: 4,538 Karma: 264065402 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD	I started out with a Sony 505, that was a pain to use so I got the Irex 800. Great device, but after a year or so the screen took a turn for the worse and the battery life sucked from the start. So I got a Kindle DXG when they were on sale since I couldn't see myself going back to a 6" device. But the DXG was overkill, just too big and heavy. I recently sold it and got a Kobo Aura HD. Before getting the Kobo I bought almost all my books on Amazon, but with the coupon codes the Kobo store offers better deals now (most of the time). In general I like to support Amazon, a company that treats its customers right --- I wish all companies worked like them. If they had a 7" or 8" Kindle PW2 I would have bought one without hesitation. Converting epubs is not really an issue for me, I run everything through Calibre, anyway. They all try to tie you into their eco-systems, that is just a solid business practice. Amazon is just ahead of the game in using their own DRM system which saves them from having to pay big bucks to Adobe. Nothing sinister about that, especially since they control more than half the market, so Amazon is actually the standard, not epub. Last edited by HansTWN; 11-04-2013 at 06:06 PM.