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By: switch11

switch11 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:35:58 +0000

Tom, don’t really have an answer for you. Amazon (Mr. Bezos) have said that they intend to have a Kindle 10 and stay in eBooks for a long, long time.
If you go with Kindle keep in mind that there are hacks to remove the DRM.
If you do go with ePub make sure it’s a version that supports every (or most) Adobe DRM capable device (Nook doesn’t, Sony at the moment does).

By: Tom H

Tom H — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:05:07 +0000

One other item (which I haven’t seen mentioned) is long term viabilty of the format. As you note, it seems like the evolution of these devices is making them better & better. At some point in the future (1 year? 5 years? 10+ years?), will there be a single standard, ePub or otherwise? If I purchase books today in the Kindle format, will I still be able to read them in the future? Would I be better off buying books in an ePub format in order to be able to have a library that I can read in the future?

By: Granville Gilbert

Granville Gilbert — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:33:17 +0000

I think we need to define EReaders. They should be simply to read ebooks, and purchase the books via 3G, etc. They should have the ability to bookmark, clip or highlite, and look up meanings of words. Beyond this, they cease becoming an EReader. Once they incorporate these other things the primary task of reading ebooks is no longer there. For instance, the IPad has the ability to be an EReader, but its primary function is a tablet computer.