Mainly people are buying this device is a low end e-reader and it is compatible with
a fair number of formats and does have many different reading applications that you can download.
Not exact matches
Since the Kindle line
of e-readers uses a proprietary ebook reading
format and Overdrive mainly handles EPUB and PDF ebooks, there is a
fair number of system revisions to be made to accommodate the new Amazon program.
The iPad
of course is considered a multi-media device and will play a
fair number of audio
formats such as HE - AAC (V1 and V2), AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (
formats 2, 3, and 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX +), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV.
It seems to read a
fair number of picture, video, and book
formats as well.
But I do buy new books for other people — a
fair number of them, actually, in both print and Kindle
formats.
Someone who has spent money on a Kindle gadget, and has a
fair number of ebooks for it, is naturally reluctant to adopt a new e-reader and have books in a different
format.
However, looking at the
numbers objectively, it's hard to defend that an author making $ 0.11 a copy on a book is a
fair wage when there's a reasonable expectation that the publisher will sell several hundred thousand copies (and so easily recoup their initial investment
of advance, editing, cover art,
formatting, etc..)