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geneaber · 10-28-2009, 09:01 PM

Kindle Users:

I am struggling between whether to buy a Kindle 2 or a nook. My main hang up with the Kindle is being locked into one format for the following reasons:

1. If Amazon gets tired of subsidizing the price of ebooks and no longer remains competitive on pricing I would be stuck with paying higher prices because they have their own little monopoly on selling content to Kindles.

2. If I ever switch readers, the Kindle format would not port over to another reader. Epub has a lot of appeal to me.

If you are a Kindle user, I would appreciate your thoughts on these issues.

Thanks in advance.

10-28-2009, 09:01 PM	#1
geneaber Connoisseur Posts: 82 Karma: 118 Join Date: Dec 2005 Device: Kindle 2	Are You Concerned About Being Locked into Format? Kindle Users: I am struggling between whether to buy a Kindle 2 or a nook. My main hang up with the Kindle is being locked into one format for the following reasons: 1. If Amazon gets tired of subsidizing the price of ebooks and no longer remains competitive on pricing I would be stuck with paying higher prices because they have their own little monopoly on selling content to Kindles. 2. If I ever switch readers, the Kindle format would not port over to another reader. Epub has a lot of appeal to me. If you are a Kindle user, I would appreciate your thoughts on these issues. Thanks in advance.