Thread: Ebook reader survey on preferred format(s)
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Old 05-22-2009, 01:41 PM   #134
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Originally Posted by Ankh View Post
No offense taken.

It is just that I lived through hardware upgrade, there is no way in hell that I will ever buy a novel in PDF or DRM that can not be stripped off.

I do not trust even Sony or Amazon to survive in publishing business and to provide "guardianship" of my purchased content. I am the best guardian there is.

I will agree with you, though, that analogy with paper is important for the initial acceptance of the technology.
I am sensitive to the DRM madness... but not sensitive enough to feel that any solution thereto has a right to compromise the quality of my eBooks.

Thanks for all the positive and concerned comments and well-thought out counterpoints. I did not intend to imply I mean to withdraw from these forums--I just do not feel I have anything new to say on this particular subject.

I think all our positions are much closer to each other than we realize--so I'll stop focusing on the points of divergence, and just enjoy the good company and scintillating discussions (on many things other than PDF vs. ePub) on here.

Cheers!

- Ahi
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