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Originally Posted by Victoria
I've bought a lot of books for my sony reader - which is a wonderful device. But I didn't realize at the time that I was locking myself in, since the other option (Kindle) wasn't available in Canada at that time. But now in hindsight, I realize I wasn't thinking big enough. The sony is well made and should last a long time, but I wish the sony books were transferable.
Which is why I'm surprised by the negative vibs about the iPad, because it allows books from multiple vendors. For example, the Kobo books for the ipad will be transferable to the Sony reader, ipod touch etc. So why are people saying the ipad locks you in, as an ereader? It seems much more open to other book options & vendors than my sony 505?  |
All your sony books should now be available as ePubs if you bought them from the sony store and any you bought for it elsewhere are already in that format in all liklihood so are not at all locked in except that the method to get those books onto an ipad is less than ideal or requires you to remove the drm which seems counter to the general ease of use you would expect from a product like this.
The neagtive vibes for the iPad about being locked into it as an ereader relates to the ibookstore itself where they have taken the annoying approach of supporting ePub but using their own drm system instead of one of the others that are already commonly in use. If you bypass the official store and stick with the alternatives then you will be relatively fine to move from hardware to hardware.