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Originally Posted by Duiker
I'm not an e-reader owner yet but I am doing a heck of a lot of research before I buy. Being in Canada I have little concern for 3G connectivity as I think it will be a cold day in hell before we get a Canadian carrier to step up and grant us access to their network for free. I would go with the Nook over the Kindle simply because it reads more formats and like many other people find it appalling that Amazon uses a proprietary format. It's important to me to be able to shop around for good prices on e-books and not be stuck with one store. That being said you can always simply convert whatever books you buy to the Kindle format using Calibre if you go that route. A friend of mine has one and that's what he does.
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Another tidbit: One book I was interested in was showing as not available in Canada on the B&N eBook store, however it WAS available on Kobobooks.com (Kobo started in Canada). The competing ebook stores are likely to level the book pricing rather quickly, IMHO. If not, it is very easy for us to shop around for the right price. I don't think that ebook prices at a point in time should affect the choice of the "right" reader for each individual.