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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
Also be aware Amazon is introducing a book format called KFX which cannot be converted. You can still d/l the older ebook formats via loopholes, but Amazon is making it harder to convert books.
If you want an "open" ereader, it's harder to find a less open ereader than a Kindle, and they're becoming less and less open. whatever you do, if you get one, do it soon and make sure you have the old firmware.
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Forgive me, but that's slightly alarmist advice. Firstly, there's no practical possibility of ever not being able to load your own content onto a Kindle, and so you can use it to read books bought elsewhere, if that's your wish. Secondly, there's little possibility of ever being "forced" to get a Kindle book in KFX format.
A Kindle is neither more nor less open than any other brand, and which firmware version you have on it is pretty irrelevant unless you have a wish to jailbreak it (something I've never personally felt the slightest urge to do
).