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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Again, just because you aren't bothered by it doesn't mean it's not a serious shortcoming in a device that is being claimed as the best reader. I'd wager the average user who reads on a tablet doesn't use Calibre. And the Apple way of buying books from anyone but Apple on an iOS device is not a good experience.
That alone tells me that an iPad is not the best tablet to use as a reader.
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I think you are overselling this feature as it relates to reading. It would be really hard to cast a device that could hold tens of thousands of ebooks as deficient because it couldn't be expanded to hold more.
I'm not sure what you are suggesting in "The Apple way of buying books". I have a Kindle app, could load any app from any of the makers. Calibre is supported.
Sure, I have to use Amazon's website to buy a book, but it is automatically delivered to the kindle app on my iPad.
It's a LOT easier to add other book apps and buy from other book stores via their websites than jumping through hoops to load Google Play store on an Amazon tablet to allow the same.
I'm an Apply user for sure, but I buy my ebooks from Amazon due to the ability to strip DRM (but I've been too lazy to actually do any of that).
That said, there is very little difference in the selection and prices of books on Apple's book store and Amazon....except for Amazon's budding "off broadway" writers. But that works to Apple's detriment as I have little reason to buy ebooks from Apple. Even though I like Apple's ebook app better than Amazon's....and many 3rd party apps far more than either.