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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
I still don't have an ereader other than mobipocket for my laptop and stanza for my laptop--so thanks for this thread. Good info to have. I admit that I've been leaning towards the kindle just because that seems to have the most books available...but the pricing is better on other ebook readers...
Maria
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The main aspect of the Kindle which dissuades me from it is that for the most part, all your books have to be bought through Amazon. They also read Mobi, PRC, TXT, and some PDF support. You can have them convert DOCs and HTML to their proprietary format through an email service. (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle#File_formats)
So the scope is limited, as far as formats are concerned.
I also don't like the fact that, at the whim of an author or publisher, they can remove legally-purchased books from your device. This is tantamount to breaking and entering and theft.
It's my thinking that purchasing a device, like the Astak reader, with the ability to read from numerous online bookstores, excellent customer service which adds new features and even format support via constant firmware updates, you will have a greater scope of available books with such a device. Instead of one or 2 bookstores, you have access to hundreds.
Sony's bookstore is soon going to ePub, and this will open up the Sony store for any device which supports the ePub format. I would love to see Amazon do the same with their store, but I don't see it anytime soon.