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Originally Posted by Auron
I have been reading a lot on this forum as I have been thinking about getting an ebook reader for a while now.
I think right now my decision will probably be based on the format support.
I see a lot of people calling Mobi the 'predominant format'.
On the other hand, a lot of places are referring to epub as the 'de facto standard' and Adobe Digital Editions as the main DRM for that format.
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Well I would consider PDF or even Mobi to the more of a 'de facto standard' since these two more readily formats one finds today. ePUB has potential but is too early to be the 'de facto' this might change in the future however.
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Which of these formats should I really be looking at i.e. what are the advantages of one format over the other?
I am primarily a sf/fantasy reader - wanting to read current releases, which means I will need to be dealing with DRM (as much as I hate it).
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Since SF/Fantasy are the genre of your choice both Mobi and ePUB/PDF ware well represented here. I think the format is a wash.
However if you wished to read technical, financial or non-fictions books PDF/ePUB would be a better choice as there are far more books in PDF format than in mobi.
If you go with the SONY solution I would not recommend buying PDF books, and there are very few ePUB books offered today. I would recommend you purchase LRX books from the SONY store if you do not want to remove DRM.
If you do not want to deal with SONY proprietary format, and do not want to remove DRM, then I would recommend you go with MOBI.
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