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Originally Posted by patrickt
What was your reason for deciding to read e-books? Did your choice of books dictate the device or did the device dictate your choice of books?
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My reasons, in no particular order of importance:
- Font type and size selection
- Consistent 'print' quality with regard to readability
- Huge space saver
- Smaller, lighter. No difference between a 200 or 2000 page book.
- Backup of a library in different places; never lose a book, even if you lose or forget your reader
- A lot cheaper to buy; extremely cheap or even free in case of classics
- No shipment time. Buy, download, and read.
- No wear and tear
- Book can be fixed / changed (cover to my liking, for example)
I had two criteria for selecting a format:
- Had to be possible to un-DRM
- Standard, or at least, a well-known format that can be edited
I chose EPUB, and I've used un-DRM-ed books on a Kindle KPW1 (converting to AZW3) and a Kobo Aura ONE (converting to KEPUB) without problems. I don't care what format an e-reader uses, as long as Calibre (or another prorgram) can convert un-DRM-ed books to it.
Because of the DRM-issue, I've bought all books I wanted, maybe wanted, possibly wanted, and very maybe would like to have somewhere in my life, within the first three years I had my e-reader. (Second reader; bought and sold the first one in 2007-2008 due to lack of books I wanted to read.)