[jgsmith]

I'm new to eBooks...so new in fact that I don't even have a reader yet. There are several readers out there that look good, and I'm sure I would be happy with any of them, so I am now looking at the available content. I live in Canada, and this appears to change the story a bit. So, if I take 2 of the more popular models to compare, please let me know if I have this right.

Kindle:
- can load any of the older "public domain" eBooks, which presumably are not DRM'd and if necessary can be converted with Calibre to work on the Kindle
- can purchase books from amazon.ca (only a subset of the titles available on amazon.com)
- can purchase any non-DRM eBooks and convert them (although I'm not sure how I would know if they were DRM'd or not)
- this basically comes down to reading all the old (and i mean old) classics you want, purchasing from amazon.ca or downloading more obscure titles from 3rd party sites

Sony:
- the same as with the Kindle, except you cannot purchase books from amazon, but instead from any site that sells eBooks in epub format (Sony, Kobo, etc.)

I realise that there are many sites where you can download eBooks, but when you're talking about new (or even recent) releases, it looks like I either get amazon.ca or sony/kobo

Do I have this right?

Jim