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Old 09-28-2020, 04:15 PM   #31
Uncle Robin
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Originally Posted by LCIII View Post
The Kindle devices look great. My reservations about Kindle/Amazon more generally are:
- If I move overseas, buying books through Amazon might be more limited.
- Amazon seems pretty aggressive about the walled garden. I'm more of an open-source guy, and Kobo seems more compatible that philosophy (although I know Kobo isn't actually open source).
- I've heard that Amazon puts a lot of pressure on publishers to lower their prices, and the publishers and authors are feeling squeezed by it. I don't know what the various players' financials look like (maybe Amazon is talking more about cleaning up publishers' inefficiencies), but overall it doesn't look good.

Without getting into the ethics or the economics, I'll simply say that having made the switch from Amazon US to a more local Kobo account nearly 3 years ago, I can count on one hand the number of times a book I wanted was only available on Amazon, not Kobo. Buying books directly available on the Kobo is as easy as doing so on a Kindle is. And, imo, the hardware is better value for money, in terms of features for price.
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