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Originally Posted by starrigger
And yeah, I think the multiple formats are part of the problem. Newcomers to ebooks don't want to worry about formats, they want to read books. And they certainly don't want to have to think about converting formats. It's just one more stupid obstacle to people adopting the technology.
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As a newcomer to ebooks, I would agree. I find the skills necessary to navigate the ebook world rather cumbersome and a bit of a turn off. I simply want to read and get on with it rather than tinker around endlessly in the world of ebook and ebook devices. That's where paper books outshine ebooks. With ebooks, I have to worry about
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• which reader can read what format,
• converting one format to the other if my reader doesn't read that format,
• how to circumvent DRM if I want to read my ebook on another device (I have two laptops, one iPod touch, and a digital reader on its way)
In a word, this is a whole bunch of, excuse me to say but "CRAP" that a reader shouldn't have to deal with. If I enjoyed tinkering with technology like so, I'd be a computer programmer or whatnot.