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domokun1134
Joined: 02 Sep 2011
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 Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:33 am
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You know what's funny, last year when I was thinking of buying a Kindle, I was playing with one in Staples. I wanted to see how it worked for Manga viewing, so I went looking for manga in the Kindle store right from the device. It seemed all I could find was BL manga (no problem for me), so I downloaded the first chapter of one free. Here I was, looking at hardcore yaoi, in the middle of Staples.  Funny how things change.
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Polycell
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:36 am
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| overlordrae wrote: | | I won't say Amazon are homophobes, but they don't really have a good track record with LGBT works, like when they listed ALL LGBT books as adult and de-ranked them, then blamed it on a 'glitch' after all the bad PR. |
As I recall, they were simply labeling books a given number of people complained about. Of course, at this juncture they've lost the stupidity excuse.
| Quote: | | I don't like companies like this censoring content. Sure, it's within their rights as a private company, but I'm still against it as a customer. Which is why I'm certainly not going to get a Kindle when I end up getting an e-reader. |
My thoughts exactly. I don't really give a damn about this stuff, but the censorship raises my hackles. And the Nook's technically superior anywho.
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agila61
Joined: 22 Feb 2009
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Location: NE Ohio
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:49 pm
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| Polycell wrote: | | ... My thoughts exactly. I don't really give a damn about this stuff, but the censorship raises my hackles. And the Nook's technically superior anywho. |
At Christmas, it was the Kindle content and $50 cheaper versus the Nook RAM & Flash and $50 more ... and the Kindle Fire obviously won. But now that the Nook Tablet 8GB is the same price, if Amazon is playing games with the availability of their content, and their "tap panel to zoom" is a lot less available than the pinch to zoom which works for all Nook Comics ...
... B&N seems a bit ahead for manga. If they had access to a store with Crunchyroll, Crackle and upcoming Funimation apps, they'd be farther ahead.
Me, the new Nook Tablet brought a refurbished Nook Color into my price range at $150 (~$160 after sales tax) ~ and at that price I didn't mind rooting the device. Now that its $135, and I can get it to play Crunchyroll and Crackle and it reads Nook Comics just fine, I think I'd stick with the lower powered gear.
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Deadwing
Joined: 18 May 2006
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Location: North Augusta, SC
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:23 pm
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Just one more reason why I will never buy an e-reader.
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