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jblitereader · 05-10-2010, 02:39 AM

You're kidding me, right? 3 formats? How does that make it a strong competitor to the jbook?

My philosophy: Don't limit yourself if you can help it. Ebooks nowadays come in all shapes, sizes, and formats. Out of those, PDF and adobe drm are just about the worst formats imaginable. So, you're really down to just the epub format. The thing is most ebooks out there are not in epub format. So, you're going to have to convery almost every time you want to read something.

This is like having a linux operating system but you're only going to use windows based softwares so you will use wine all the time. The catch is this particular linux OS will cost twice as much as windows OS. And even then, it's a pain every time you use windows based software through wine.

Solution? Just get windows and be done with it.

So, please help me understand. How is this a strong competitor to the jbook?

05-10-2010, 02:39 AM	#2
jblitereader Addict Posts: 248 Karma: 1312 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: jetbook lite	You're kidding me, right? 3 formats? How does that make it a strong competitor to the jbook? My philosophy: Don't limit yourself if you can help it. Ebooks nowadays come in all shapes, sizes, and formats. Out of those, PDF and adobe drm are just about the worst formats imaginable. So, you're really down to just the epub format. The thing is most ebooks out there are not in epub format. So, you're going to have to convery almost every time you want to read something. This is like having a linux operating system but you're only going to use windows based softwares so you will use wine all the time. The catch is this particular linux OS will cost twice as much as windows OS. And even then, it's a pain every time you use windows based software through wine. Solution? Just get windows and be done with it. So, please help me understand. How is this a strong competitor to the jbook?