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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
But the point of my message was why did you buy a Kindle to give Amazon a try'?
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Because I was a bit disgusted with B&N at the time. I knew that abandoning the Nook and moving to a Paperwhite would not punish B&N, since I had already paid for the Nook. But it made me feel better to make a clean break from B&N, even though my breakaway from their company would have been totally unnoticed by them. A symbolic, but futile gesture on my part.
Plus, I liked the idea of the built-in light on the Paperwhite over the external clip-on light I had been using for my Nook. I believe my Nook model was the "Simple Touch"? Does that sound like a correct model designation? Whatever - it did not have a built in light, whatever model it was. Nothing wrong with that Nook other than the lack of a light. It was a fine device in its day. But marketed by a company I had come to distrust and dislike. And quite honestly, back then I was not very aware of alternate places to buy eBooks from. I knew of B&N and Amazon, but that's about it. And I was not knowledgeable about converting between their formats. B&N's treatment of their customers prompted me to learn about de-DRM'ing, and sometime after that, I learned about format conversion. We all have to start learning somewhere, and B&N's anti-consumer moves are what prompted me to begin my learning journey.