Re: Reading hardware

Thanks from another newbee to ebook publishing.

Virginia
--- In [email protected], "graydogpress" <graydogpress@...> wrote:
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> --- In [email protected], "berylgorbman" <beryl@> wrote:
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> > How do people choose readers? Do most eBook users read on their computers? 
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> > Can a Kindle download and read books from sources other than amazon? Can an Apple iPad download books from Amazon? Where CAN it download from? where can the Sony reader download from?
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> I have a Sony PRS-600 and have downloaded from the Sony ebook store, and a number of other sites. Also, when I am evaluating a manuscript I convert it into an ePub file and download it to the reader. It allows me to mark changes and make notations that I later use to either make corrections to the manuscript or suggest changes to the author. I assume the rest are similar in their abilities. 
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> > How will people make decisions about hardware and to what extent does that drive the way people read? 
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> I made mine based on simplicity. I did not care for the external keyboard on the Kindle and the iPad was not out when I purchased the Sony. But due to price I probably would have bought the Sony anyway.
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> > If Amazon has the biggest available library, and Kindle (and your PC) are the only way you can download from it, that will make Kindle predominant.
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> My understanding is that Sony has a bigger library than Amazon. But, who can tell. The Kindle uses a proprietary format (mobi). Sony uses what is considered an open-source format (epub). There are many more options using an open-source format, almost all readers can read epub, few can read mobi.
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> > And where should we, as writers, market our books? Shall we put them on all the source sites?
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> There are a number of options available to publishers and writers. Some are free to churn out your story in a number of formats, other cost anywhere from little to lots of money. Smashwords says they will get your ebook posted on B&N, Sony, and a number of other sites if specific design guidelines are followed.
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> > What kind of reader would you buy?
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> As I said above, a Sony. I preferred its simplicity, design and ability to work easily with a number of formats.
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> Russ Davis
> graydogpress@...
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