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Originally Posted by Katti's Cat
every journey starts with the first step
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Have fun with that one-person war against the Evil Amazons.
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Originally Posted by Katti's Cat
At the end of the day - as long as we have plenty of readers and formats to choose from we are all winners. So please please don't let it be Kindle
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The Kindle most likely will be the pre-eminent reader in the US; outside the US, who knows. Either way there will be numerous alternatives and healthy competition, so I see no particular reason to imagine that the sky will come crashing down based such things.
And whatever "evils" you ascribe to Amazon, I'm reasonably certain that almost any other company capable of building an international presence has made similar mistakes (*cough* Sony rootkit scandal *cough*). Since none of these companies is out smothering babies, I find it slightly absurd to act like any one particular company is the Epitome of Evil.
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Originally Posted by TGNY
Weird how buying a Sony felt so rebellious and good. Usually Sony can be the bully on the block, this time (with this technology) it feels like Amazon is...
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Yeah, well. News flash, Sony hasn't hasn't changed their entire corporate structure overnight; they're just moving to ePub out of competitive pressures.
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Originally Posted by TGNY
Free Library books vs. paying for every single book is a no brainer IMO
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Yeah, well. News flash, there are lots of free public domain books available for any reader, including the Kindle; heck, close to 3/4 of the ebooks I've got are free PD books. Library access is a plus, but owning a Kindle hardly condemns you to paying for "every single book."