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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Yep, all those complexities need to go away.
But price is the main thing. At $300 plus few people outside of very Avid readers are going to even look into them to be aware of all the complexities to possibly be dissuaded from taking the plunge because of them.
But it is a mess. I'm tech savy and I have little interest in bothering with anything other than the Kindle store and feedbooks. Plenty to read there that's easy to get directly on the Kindle without hassling with other DRM, converting file types etc.
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But unless the Tower of eBable is cleared up, it's not going to matter how much the hardware is. We need the industry to standardize on ePub and we need it done now. We need them to realize that this mess of multiple formats is going to just drive people away. DRM would not be such an issue if we had one standard format.
if I wanted a reader from brand X because they just brought out a device with a 9.7" screen and my wife wanted to keep her Sony, then we'd be able to read the same eBooks. But as it stands, that may not be possible. So it kind of forces the first person in a household who purchases a reader to dictate what everyone else (who wants a reader) gets. So if eBooks came out in ePub and all readers supported ePub, then it would be a no-brainer.