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Old 12-01-2009, 02:21 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by Book Depository View Post
I would love to know how everyone decides how they buy their eBooks regardless of being free or paid for.

A few questions:
  • When buying/searching for eBooks do you search by format or by eReader?
    Format. Epub preferred, followed by HTML ('cos it's easiest to convert), RTF (hah), PDF ('cos it's often readable with very little editing/conversion work), LIT, and then other formats which I think of as "hassle to convert."

  • Do you know what format/s your eReader can read when searching or do you expect all eBooks to be read by your eReader?
    I know what formats can be read by
    * Sony Reader
    * RB-1150 (which I still haven't got functional, because the software & Vista don't like each other)
    * Clié PDA
    * My home desktop, work desktop, and laptop.
    And I know what formats are convertible to the ones that work on those.
    (This is perhaps a question better suited to other online locations; most people at MobileRead are very aware of what does & doesn't work on their devices.)

  • Before you bought your eReader did you know about software to convert a format to your eReaders format? If you didn't would you have liked to have been informed by the retailer?
    Some of my first experiences with ebooks were with Baen's free library, so I was always aware of file formats, and knew to look for ones that worked with however I was going to read the ebook. When I look at ebook stores, I'm often very annoyed at how little info they give about file formats--many don't distinguish between PDF and EPub if they're DRM'd, and some print publishers just have a button for "click here to purchase in ebook format." (I tend to think those are PDFs.)
I don't buy DRM'd ebooks at all, so that rather drastically affects which stores I purchase from.
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