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![]() If you're talking about the encryption that the Mobipocket Creator software can apply to mobi's that you create... that is completely different than Amazon's DRM. |
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As Yogi said, "no one comes here anymore, it's too crowded." So, precisely how much more popular need all the other ereaders be before they matter? ApK |
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Most e-book users don't do library books though. |
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My little rural library didn't have ebooks two years ago when I bought my Sony, so that wasn't a deciding factor in choosing that over a Kindle. Now it does, and so now it would be. I LOVE library books, I always have a hold list. Everyone chooses a reader based on what is important to them. Some, who can afford it, have more than one so that they can have access to everything. What I object to is the people who declaim *loudly* that their choice is perfect and anyone who chooses differently is stupid. That only *their* chosen device 'matters' - despite all the evidence to the contrary. Sure, there are more Kindles in the US (probably not the world yet) than Sonys. Or Nooks. Or Kobos. But put all the epub-compliant readers together with the growing public library access and you have something potentially formidable. There are no 'losers' - despite some people's tendencies to choose sides. Everyone who reads is a winner. |
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We have multiple library systems here and I belong to three of them. There are two others I want to join when I can. The more libraries I can access, the more eBooks I can borrow. The only issue I see going on is one of not knowing about the library and Overdrive before buying a Kindle. I've read of a lot of people buying a Kindle and then sometime later finding out about library eBooks and not being able to use them. But for most people, I do think it is a good idea for libraries to let patrons know what popular portable devices do and do not work with library eBooks. For a long time, there was no library eBook support for iOS based devices. |
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The one that handles ePub via ADE and is eink and not LCD and does not play Angry Birds. That's the one that matters for reading because you have less of a chance of a distraction from reading. The problem with multi-function devices is that there is too great a distraction so you do end up reading less and it's this multi-function device that doesn't matter a whit.
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