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Originally Posted by javyn
Overall I still consider it more open due to the file format. You just aren't going to find too much mobi, and whatever that new Amazon format you mention is that I've never even heard of, outside of Amazon's sphere.
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File format is irrelevant, I think. I buy my books from Amazon and convert them to epub, easy peasy. If you are sideloading, you can convert your epub to the appropriate Kindle format with Calibre. If you aren't sideloading, you can't edit the book anyway.
Both devices have locked down OSes. The only difference is that the Kindle allows you to sideload to your heart's content and the Nook is partitioned.
Understand, I prefer Nooks to Kindles. I think from the hardware standpoint, Barnes and Noble have usually been ahead of Amazon. But when comparing the two, be honest.