[tenfingers]

For me the only "ebook" that truly exists is a PDF/file that I can handle the way I want. I never considered the kindle-amazon combo to be an option. From amazon I only buy physical books, and will continue to do so until the stuff I buy can be used the way I want, on linux, with the reader I want.

There's no point in buying inferior media, especially when the price difference is so small.

An mind, I regularly use PDFs for searching/references, but I still read books just fine. I would need 4-5 e-ink readers to be able to do what I currently do with regular books, they would need to be A4 size at least, and will never settle for anything which is not a dumb PDF visualizer with no strings attached.

Until then, books will continue to live strong on my bookshelf.

[Turing_Machine]

PDFs are horrible when it comes to different screen sizes, though. I mean, horrible to the point of near unusablility.

The ebook formats (both EPUB and Kindle) work very well indeed on devices ranging from a small phone screen to a large desktop monitor. They're not "inferior" to PDF in the slightest in that respect.

There are still niches where PDF wins, but that's certainly not the case for casual fiction.

[tenfingers]

I don't care so much about the format. I never used epub because nothing I ever used came in epub. I usually get PDFs along with books I buy (which is ironic, but appreciated), but never epub so far.

My main complaint is that these readers come with DRM. As far as the format is concerned, I would be fine with almost anything.