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Originally Posted by daffy4u
The same can be said of new Sony owners who don't realize there is more beyond the Sony store.
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This is so true. When I first received my Sony Reader as a holiday gift, I thought I was locked into the Sony store -- until I found MobileRead and learned otherwise. Unfortunately, neither Sony nor Amazon have any incentive to suggest otherwise, although the incorporation of ePub into the Sony implies that other choices are available. This is especially true in the case of the person who first goes to a site like HarperCollins to look for a favorite author and discovers that they can buy an ePub version directly from HC.
How much better it would be for all of us if there were but a single format that all reading devices could read and that all books were sold in. Then we could buy a device based on looks, features, and ergonomics and not on which bookstore we want to support (or not support).