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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I know people are clinging to their eink (and that's fine). But I find it a bit ironic that most of the complaints about eink readers in this thread have been about things that apps on a tablet would solve easily.
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Of course that is missing the OPs point entirely. He wanted multiple ebook sites selling ePubs (or whatever universal file) that could be read on a store-agnostic ereader:
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There are no more independant eInk devices to speak of. Surely not of the quality of the Sony line. Pretty much "eco system" plays like Amazon, Kobo and Nook are all that's left. And only Amazon has a healthy business.
Fictionwise and many many other beloved ebook stores are gone and are never coming back. Along with them are the special pricing deals that so many of us loved.
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Just because a tablet will let you install multiple walled gardens doesn't make it any freer.
As for me, I don't mind side-loading. If you want the freedom of buying from a store you like to read on a device you prefer, you have to do the work for it.
If you don't want to do the work, buy a device and purchase books from the linked store. I really don't see the problem with the status quo.
Quite honestly, using multiple apps on the same tablet seems to be a pain. Suppose you get a deal on the first three Harry Potter books from Amazon. Then you buy books 4, 6 and 7 from B&N and book 5 from Kobo. You have to know what book you are looking for and what app it is stored in.
But hey, whatever works for you.