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Originally Posted by bbusybookworm
Sorry should have been a little more clear.
What I meant to say was that you can by default only but protected content from Amazon's store.
This was to contrast with Sony's recent update which now allowys you to buy from any store which supports Adobe DE.
While You can buy Protected books from other stores, you do have to format shift or use a workaround (Kindlefix).
Unprotected content can be purchased from any source which provides a compatible format.
But you are right that my choice of wording was poor and gave the wrong impression.
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And there are a lot of stores (and places) that have unprotected content for multiple types of readers ... so any discussion about being stuck with a particular source for books is so seriously non productive.
People who purchase a device for reading electronic books should like and preferably LOVE the device they purchase. If they hate it, they will find excuses not to use it, and then they have wasted their money.
If there's a tie between two types of reader, and the type of content the reader likes/loves is not available on one of the choices (and there is no method of conversion), then I would suggest they purchase the other, or wait a year or two and see if the situation changes.
I mean ... it's not like someone's life is going to end because they didn't purchase an e-reading device this week. There are still pbooks in bookstores and libraries .... they didn't all suddenly disappear.
So, to the original poster .... trying to decide?? Here ya go:
1. Go to a regular bookstore. Make a list of the books you would purchase from that store if money were not a factor. Note the prices on the books. If anyone bothers you .... tell them you are creating a Christmas list for your husband/wife/life partner/boyfriend/girlfriend and you've agreed to a spending limit this year.
2. Get your hands on each type of reader you are considering. Do you like the design .... does it fit in your hands well .... will you be comfortable with it .... are the fonts and font sizes something you like .... is there anything about it you actually hate??
3. Visit the online sources for books for each type of reader ... free/pay .... protected/unprotected. Take out the list of books you made. Compare which of those books (if any) are available for each reader. Also check the online prices against the prices on the list you made. If one type of reader is more expensive, will you make up the difference in savings on books?
For example, if in your trip through the bookstore, you find that the only books that really interest you are the old classics ... then see how many of them are available here ... for free. If all you see that you salivate over is the latest best sellers, then go from there.
It's all about getting the reader that is the best possible fit for YOU, and only YOU know what you like. If your best possible fit isn't available in your part of the world, then lobby to make it available, or get creative about overcoming that hurdle.
There is no best reader/format/font that fits all. The more time you put into finding out what YOU like, the happier you will be with your purchase. It is your money after all.
Totally off topic (maybe only sort of off topic), but it reminds me of when I was younger and I would see a pair of high heels that were $400 or so, and which I thought were just beautiful, but when I tried them on I could barely walk in them and they wore blisters just standing there in the store.
Back then, I'd buy them and then suffer with them until I couldn't take it anymore, and they'd go in the Goodwill box. $400 for stupid shoes I wore once or twice and grew to hate for the pain they caused me.
Now .... well, screw fashion ... I'll take comfort and durability over looking good any day. And, like I tell my clients, if they want to see the hottest shoes every time I come to see them ... they can give me a few extra grand, I'll go buy the shoes, and then we'll stick them up on the desk so they can look at the shoes while I sit comfortably in my Crocs and solve their other problems. (They can visit pshrynk for the shoe fetish.)