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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's your choice, of course, but I do think that what you're doing is a case of "cutting off your nose to spite your face", as the saying goes.
Suppose you buy a device with MobiPocket support. Yes, MobiPocket books can have DRM, but there are also numerous DRM-free MobiPocket books around, and reading those is a much more rewarding experience than reading text or PDF-format files, which is what you're stuck with on the JetBook (as I understand it).
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Actually Jetbook also supports .fb2 format. After some experimentation, I have convinced myself that converting html into .fb2 is not that difficult; the formatting will be perserved. So I will buy .lit or .mobi books and then convert them over to .fb2 books. Also, I don't think there is anything wrong with reading pdf books, provided the pdf books are formatted and sized correctly for my screen, so I am working on figuring that out as well (not to mention manybooks.net will pre-format it for me. I also believe that the Jetbook developers are working on support for both ePub and html. So ultimately I am not worried about the reading experience (Heck I have been reading on my iPod using Stanza for over a month now and find it plenty rewarding
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Having a device with DRM support doesn't force one to buy books which have DRM.
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No, but it does mean I am paying a licensing fee as part of the cost of the device. I am doing my utmost to ensure that my vote counts as loudly as possible.