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Originally Posted by tdavie
1) Unless there is no DRM, I will NOT buy an ebook. A physical book doesn't have DRM
2) Unless the prices come down, or are reasonable, I will not buy an ebook.
3) Unless the book/magazine/newspaper I want to buy is in an open format I will NOT buy it.
I've owned my PRS-505 for 4 months, love it and yet haven't bought anything from the Sony bookstore, nor will I.
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Tom, I agree 100%. Nothing with DRM on it will ever be loaded on my PRS-505. I have PD content from this forum, non-DRM stuff that I've paid for from Baen books and a few other places, etc.
I didn't even download the free ebooks that the Sony store would have given me for free, because it has DRM on it. Besides, it's all PD stuff, and honestly, I looked at a few that a friend DL'd from Sony for his reader, and the free versions here that forum members have edited are actually FAR BETTER than the versions that Sony has supposedly professionally edited and is charging money for (sans the free intro giveaway).
Just yesterday I wanted a current book, it's < $20 in hardcover, but $30.00 in DRM'd eBook. I would have paid $10 for sure, perhaps even $15 for a DRM-free ebook, but instead I went and got a pbook copy from the library. Congratulations, publishers.