Hypothetical Universal eReader Device... - Page 3

Elfwreck · 01-13-2012, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by John F

Assuming the device supported DRM free mobi and/or DRM free EPub, then I would/may buy one.

We already have plenty of devices that do that. The Jinke readers (Hanvon & Astak), Netronix Pocketbooks, Azbooka, and Bookeen--pretty much all of them that aren't tied to a specific bookstore--are designed to read ePub, Mobi, PDF (some better than others), txt, and sometimes a couple of other formats like palmDOC .pdb and .fb2.

Most of them support Adobe's DRM, because Amazon refuses to allow anyone to support mobi DRM and any other DRM format, and there are more DRM'd pdfs & epubs than mobi books away from Amazon. (Support for Kindle DRM is not available outside of Amazon.)

VicLavigne · 01-13-2012, 10:30 PM

I don't think the idea is crazy, but I also can't answer the question as is. I supposed I would like it if Amazon's Kindle supported the epub standard, even if it didn't support B&N's drm. I guess my issue is that I don't want my ereader to just be a sales front for a store, any store. I currently buy ebooks from a variety of places, remove DRM and convert to epub if needed so I already have a "universal" device for my needs.

Hmmm. After thinking it over, my computer is already the universal device. I can download ebooks via calibre from a variety of stores and then convert to epub. So my e-ink device should be more like my PC!

Vic

Victoria · 01-16-2012, 10:35 AM

Moot - B&N books are not available in Canada.

Fiat_Lux · 01-17-2012, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by detayls

As for the people who mentioned rooting and other complex methods of accomplishing this, I can only say that 99.999999% of people would not know how to do that or would not want to do that.

At more than one B&N I've seen booksellers rooting the Nook for the customer. I've also seen third party cell phone vendors list rooting ebook readers and tablets as part of their expanded services of rooting devices for customers.

Quote:

The poll was would you BUY a device.

I'd suggest that the people who said a rooted Nook is such a device, were indicating that they had already bought such a device. IOW, your "hypothetical universal ebook reader" is something that is currently available, and used by people.

Amber

shanghaichica · 01-19-2012, 05:15 AM

As I live in the UK, Barnes and Noble have no interest in selling to me. Therefore unless I move to the US such a device would be useless to Me.

View Poll Results: Would you buy a Hypothetical Universal EReader Device?
No, I think that's a crazy idea!	8	21.05%
Yes, I would buy it from Amazon.	6	15.79%
Yes, I would buy it from Barnes & Noble.	4	10.53%
Yes, I would buy this from a Third-Party store in the local shopping mall.	20	52.63%
Voters: 38. You may not vote on this poll

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01-13-2012, 10:30 PM	#32
VicLavigne e-reading since 2008 Posts: 197 Karma: 112730 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hinesville Georgia Device: Nook STR, Sony PRS-T1	I don't think the idea is crazy, but I also can't answer the question as is. I supposed I would like it if Amazon's Kindle supported the epub standard, even if it didn't support B&N's drm. I guess my issue is that I don't want my ereader to just be a sales front for a store, any store. I currently buy ebooks from a variety of places, remove DRM and convert to epub if needed so I already have a "universal" device for my needs. Hmmm. After thinking it over, my computer is already the universal device. I can download ebooks via calibre from a variety of stores and then convert to epub. So my e-ink device should be more like my PC! Vic

01-16-2012, 10:35 AM	#33
Victoria Wizard Posts: 1,017 Karma: 19767610 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia Canada Device: ipad, Kindle PW, Kobo Clara; iphone 7	Moot - B&N books are not available in Canada.

01-19-2012, 05:15 AM	#35
shanghaichica Guru Posts: 991 Karma: 5782970 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Scribe,Kindle Oasis 3, iPad Pro 11,15 Pro Max,iPad mini 7,colorsoft	As I live in the UK, Barnes and Noble have no interest in selling to me. Therefore unless I move to the US such a device would be useless to Me.

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