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Old 08-06-2009, 10:31 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by ruddell View Post
Here's a theoretical question. When the Google Books lawsuit finally is settled and their books are available online in full, do you think they will keep their contract with Sony for e-reader content, thus making the Amazon library pale in comparison to the Sony library? No way Amazon can compete with Google at this point. Will us Kindle users be left wishing we had Sony devices? I can't imagine Sony giving up on DRM if keeping it means effectively shutting Amazon out of business.
As far as I know, all those Google books are scanned (some very poorly) public domain titles. If you are interested in some old obscure texts (other than classic novels), I would think you could access them via a computer. You can always add a Sony to your reader collection (505s may be flooding the market soon).

I guess time will tell.
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