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The ebook clusterfuck explained

The boom of technology means format wars (cough Betamax cough) and right now, the digital reader battle to the death has an uncomfortable number of gladiators in the arena. That would be OK if these were blood-thirsty warriors, but what we have instead are a bunch of pissed off old-timers who loathe to engage with the noobs and noobs who won’t make the first stab without a “real” agent.

But I digress.

Here is an excellent guide to all of the various ebook readers and formats. It covers many devices (iphone, mac, pc, nook, ipad, kindle), tells you which software or app runs on it, and who sells which formats (Amazon, Kobo, Borders,  Barnes & Noble…but maybe not for much longer.)

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