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Originally Posted by JSWolf
This is true. But, when what will happen is when say someone asks what reader to get to a techy who does know of ePub, the Kindle might not be recommended. But I can see how to the average person it might not matter. But it will matter to those of us who have to support them as to what formats are supported.
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I'm a bit of a techie and I would tell the average person asking for my recommendation that they should go with the Kindle because it is easy and seamless and Amazon provides excellent customer service themselves. My thoughts may change when nooks start actually getting into people's hands, but so far I really don't see anything about the nook that would make me recommend it. The hard core techies may give long winded reasons about why ePub is better, but honestly most average folks just want it to work. They don't really give a hang about the perceived advantages of ePub over AZW or Topaz files. Their eyes will just start to glaze over.
I see it akin to someone not technically inclined what sort of digital music player they should get. Unless they have some sort of odd requirement or are an audiophile there is little reason for them not to get an iPod. iPods and iTunes software is easy and intuitive, hard for the non-techies to really screw up.