[jimmyrules712]

So I just read through this entire thread and I just have a couple of comments.

#1) Despite the fact that there seems to be a couple of heated arguments I love seeing all of the passion you guys have for ebooks haha

#2)No matter what stance you have on whatever issue you're debating one thing everyone here should be able to agree on is that the publishers (and maybe to some extent the device manufacturers and ebook sellers) are hurting / keeping this market from reaching it's potential by confusing and pissing everyone off with a dozen incompatible formats and DRMs. Honestly I don't care what the standard becomes as long as we get to one soon...

I can deal with it because I'm technologically savvy enough to stirp DRM and convert formats but for the average consumer it's hopeless.

And I understand why people feel like they can't make true backups of DRM'ed ebooks. It's because even if we have a copy of the file we don't feel like we truly have control/ownership of the thing we paid for, and some unthoughtful company out there could potentially remove (or through lack of action cause it to be removed) our ability to use it. With a non-DRMed standardized format we can have confidence that as long as we have a copy of that file we should be able to use it. Period.