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Originally Posted by Lirael
-The Kindle has the advantage of low prices and a large selection (though I've found that for books I tend to read, places such as fictionwise sometimes have more titles available) along with ability to work overseas, but I'm worried about the whole proprietary format thing - supposing, I don't know, something happens and I no longer want to/can't use a Kindle, but am stuck with a whole bunch of books in that format. I also heard about people's books getting removed from their devices without their consent, and that *really* bothers me as well. I'm also not fond of the way it looks...
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Don't buy a book until you are ready to read it. That way, you won't be stuck with a bunch of unread books. Also, it is possible to "remove DRM and all that jazz" from most of the ebooks in the kindle store... if it ever came to that. Also, the removal of an ebook was a one time thing, Amazon said it was a mistake, people it happened to got compensated, and they said it won't happen again since it was a glitch in their billing platform.. which I believe.
BTW: It isn't fashion accessory... it is an ebook reader. Form follows function.
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Originally Posted by Lirael
-The nook looks nice, but had got the disadvantages of not being able to use gift cards for ebooks and of not being able to purchase books outside of the US (I may be traveling to the UK in the fall) From what I understand, I'd be able to purchase epub books from fictionwise if I wanted to and read them on the nook? I plan to wait until it comes out to see what users have to say about it.
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Who said you couldn't purchase books outside the US? I don't recall that being the case. Perhaps you can't purchase from the Device... but I assume you can still purchase with a PC and download the books. That said, just buy some books before you go traveling. If it is stocked up before you leave there are no worries. Also, how often and how long will you be traveling... once again, seems like you are concerned about tiny exceptions rather than the main stream rules.
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Originally Posted by Lirael
-Sony is the one I'm most confused about (mostly with regards to formats.) I mainly don't understand about what exactly it can read - I've looked at Sony's ebook store, and titles I'd be interested in tend to be waaay more expensive than at other places. I understand that I can get a reader that supports epub and get books from elsewhere, but the DRM thing confuses me, and I don't know how to figure out if I'd be able to read books I got from elsewhere.
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It is a bit confusing because different stores using different names. Basically you will be able to read ePub and PDF eBooks that use Adobe DRM. That is most of the independent ebook stores like BooksOnBoard.com, cyberread, smashwords, deisel, etc.
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Originally Posted by Lirael
I'm just confused, I suppose. If anyone knows how to clarify, or has an input about what sounds like the right one, I'd *love* to hear it!
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I hope this info helps. Frankly, I think you would be fine with any of the three.
BOb