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Originally Posted by Auron
As for circumventing DRM - I'm not really sure how I feel on this. Probably falls into the category of "I'd rather not have to do it".
Which is one reason I'm trying to understand a bit more on the formats and why I said this may well be what drives my ultimate decision of reader.
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Ah, well between the Cybook and the Reader I think the deciding factor is whether or not you're willing to circumvent DRM.
EPUB (which the Reader supports with ADE) is not only the most technically advanced commercial e-book format, but also the easiest to convert other formats into (from a technical perspective). All the commercial e-book DRM formats have been broken except the ones used by Sony and Amazon, which means that if you have a Reader you can read any e-book which isn't Amazon-only.
As Harry pointed out, Mobipocket is the most popular commercial e-book format. If you aren't willing to break DRM, then the Cybook will give you the largest selection, albeit with occasionally lower-quality formatting and slightly more difficulty converting for future devices.