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Originally Posted by AprilHare
If you buy a Kindle you'd naturally believe that Amazon aren't rich enough.
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Yes, because Sony is not out to make a profit.... they are altruistic and give all their profits to sick children in Uganda and the CEO doesn't take any salary.
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Originally Posted by AprilHare
You'd be happy to have your books deleted at their whim,
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FUD! This happened ONCE. Amazon admitted it was a mistake due to the way their delivery/return system worked and they would rectify it... AND they gave people the option to get the book back or to get a $30 gift card. One time is not a pattern or happening on "whim".
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Originally Posted by AprilHare
you'd believe that industry standards for ebooks aren't really important and you'd love being tied into one store for buying your books - coincidentally Amazon.
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I have bought ebooks for my Kindle from Fictionwise, SteveJordan Books, SciFi-Az.com, Baen, and have downloaded several dozen from mobileread and feedbooks. They all work a treat and I have no problem finding the format needed.
That said, the Kindle store is usually the easiest place to buy ebooks and they usually have the best price. Why should only having 1 source bother me if it is the best source anyway?
Finally, ePub is designed to be easy to convert from to other formats. Calibre a free tool you can get for the d/l converts epub to mobi without breaking a sweat.
The only possibly pragmatic argument you could put forward is that the Kindle does not support the Adobe DRM. If you want to get your books from a source that uses this type of DRM, and you aren't able to remove the DRM, then yes, don't get the Kindle.
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