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Originally Posted by JasonB
I was just trying to sort out the whole "3 readers" thing - why anybody would have 3 readers in the first place and, if they did, why it would be so bad if 1 (or even 2) of them couldn't read a particular book format - when at least one of them could so you'd still be okay. You're saying that you don't want different formats to force you to have 3 readers. That makes sense. I wouldn't like that either. But tompe posted that he already has (or the generic you already has) 3 readers (one of them a Kindle I presume). In that scenario, you aren't forced to get another one. You already have one that can read Kindle books. So I don't see the problem.
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Presumably, you'd have multiple readers (in a perfect world) because each reader had a different aspect which was valuable to you at different times... for an example, a large dedicated reader for relaxed reading, and a more portable PDA for reading while commuting.
The problem comes in when one type of reading you do... say, magazines or newspapers... aren't available in the format that fits the device you use when you want to read them... say, the commute-tolerant PDA. Or maybe it's colored textbook material, which would be better suited for a large screen, but not a large grayscale screen.
Of course, this isn't a perfect world, so the other issue is format. Sure, Tompe may have a Kindle... but what if he wants to read his book on the train, and he uses a smartphone to do that? He can't read his Amazon books.
And suppose I use a Kindle for commuter reading... but Amazon doesn't produce the e-book I want? Amazon doesn't sell everything yet...
So I can understand the desire for multiple devices, in a perfect and an imperfect world. I think about it regularly, although I haven't used more than a PDA at any time (it reads most formats). When I can port Amazon books into it, I won't need a Kindle, ever. On the other hand, if it ever becomes a color Kindle capable of allowing me to upload magazines to it, that would be enough of a reason for me to get one.