don’t flame me...
I have a Sony 505 eReader and I absolutely love it. The Sony library can link to the Google Public Domain library (500,000 free titles). I read lots of classics from there and buy my new releases from the Sony store. I just bought Sarah Palin’s new book for $9.99. Don’t expect to save a bunch of money on new releases, but for the convenience, it’s great. My Mom has a Kindle so we just swap eBook readers when we want to share books.
The Sony is different from the Kindle and Nook because there is no cell device to connect you to the bookstore. Sony can’t control your contents like the debacle with Amazon and “1984”. You manage the contents just like an iPod. The software looks like iTunes.
True, it is classic to pick up a physical book, but managing/donating piles of read books became a job. So I’m a convert. The device is effortless, service is seamless, and no more lugging books.
Our granddaughter is a voracious reader, so we got her sony for Christmas. Tried to get her books on Christmas and the server had crashed, so we will get her some in a couple of weeks when she comes back. Glad to hear it is as good as we thought it was.
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don’t flame me...
I have a Sony 505 eReader and I absolutely love it.
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No flames here.
When finishing off my 200-plus page thesis...along with six copies
for my thesis committee and submission to the university library...
I asked my long-suffering advisor “Shouldn’t this be replaced with
digital formats in order to save the trees?”
She, as an old-school academician said in so many words
“This is the traditional method!”
And she was the campus professor in charge of the campus chapter of
The Sierra Club.
Believe it....OR NOT!!!
Precisely the same size as a trade paperback. Load "Kindle for PC", FBReader, Microsoft Reader, and any other "reader" you want (as long as it has a version that runs under Windows, which virtually every "reader" does). Add Adobe Acrobat for .pdf and use Notepad for .txt, and you're set to read anything, anywhere.
Can plug in two separate SDHC cards (thus up to 64GB of removable storage). Runs Windows 7. Set it up to use the "Windows Classic" interface instead of "Aero", and it is plenty fast.