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I have used a Sony 500 for the last 3 years, and it works great.

The newer models are much better with PDFs now.

The Newest Sony and B&N Nook, seem to be the top right now, both allow Epub, TXT, and RFT docs, and allow PDF without conversion.

Kindle is ok but has it's own format, and that has caused issues, also they did pull a book from it without warning.

As for Backlights, EREADERs do not have them, the screen is very non glare.

Well, I logged on to Amazon yesterday and didn't notice it was my wife's account and when I went to check out there was a Sony 600 in the basket, so I may be getting that for Christmas. I wasn't snooping though, I was going to get her something [:)].

If I'm right I'll report back after Christmas and let you know how I like it.

If anyone has taken the plunge on the Barnes & Noble NOOK, let us know your impressions...at present I'm leaning towards the NOOK over the KINDLE or SONY but am curious if anyone here has given it a go yet..... thanks

Looks like shipment of the Nook slipped until December 7th.

I'd rather keep the paper. Much cheaper to replace a book I lost than one of these. And a book won't break if I drop it.

Yeah, I'm a bit old fashioned.

ORIGINAL: Shawkhan

Step into the future, the paper book is dead. Great advertisement there, huh?

Someday, Samual T. Cogley will be rolling in his grave over this thread.

ORIGINAL: J P Falcon

the idea of being able to read a game manual on an ebook while playing the game, would be appealing...

While playing a game?!?!? Game manuals are for the bathroom!!!

ORIGINAL: Aurelian

I'd rather keep the paper. Much cheaper to replace a book I lost than one of these. And a book won't break if I drop it.

Yeah, I'm a bit old fashioned.

...or splash it.

More than 20 years ago, I picked up von Moltke's book on the Franco-German War published in 1898, and another book, Letters from the Field Marshall I think that one's called. I doubt that would be on an e reader list.

I went from a Sony PRS-505 to a Kindle 2 mainly because of the amount of books Amazon had for sale compared to Sony. I love to read sci-fi book such as Stargate and Star Trek and their selections on Sony Ebook store was not even close to the amount Amazon had. Also Amazon would have much better prices on books, majority of new releases are $9.99 whereas Sony was almost full price. That was a big negative for me I am not sure if Sony changed their pricing model on books now to compete with Amazon or not but buying digital books from Amazon was a huge cost savings over time for me as well as Amazon always has more books available - this is what is currently killing the Sony and Nook IMO. I looked at the nook and browsed BN.com ebook site for books you can buy for nook and they are not even close to how much amazon has for kindle unless they do a mass release once nook is out in general availiabilty for all.

If Sony would add as many books as Amazon and charge same prices I would seriously consider the new Sony Reader Daily Edition PRS-900BC coming out end of year but for now I will stick with Amazon. One thing I also like about Kindle is that I have an iphone so I can have kindle on iphone as well and it syncs my pages where I left off on the Kindle or iPhone so I can continue reading on the go without the kindle with me.

Thanks

One thing I just noticed, as I am in the market for an ebook and have been comparing and checking and looking around - I know of the Kindle pulling the book deal and don't like it, but I also have been wanting to read some classics - some are not light reading.  I have been wanting to read all of Darwin's books so I wouldn't feel like I didn't know what people were talking about when discussing stuff (I know! I know! No politics.  I didn't stray from just saying I wanted to be more informed!)

And classics like Darwin's, well, some of them are FREE! A lot of the classics are free, like Treasure Island, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and classics like those.  That's why if I take the plunge, I'll probably go that route, because I just checked Sony's ebooks offerings and the classics were all 2.99 to 3.99 that I checked on.

ORIGINAL: hgilmer3

And classics like Darwin's, well, some of them are FREE! A lot of the classics are free, like Treasure Island, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and classics like those.  That's why if I take the plunge, I'll probably go that route, because I just checked Sony's ebooks offerings and the classics were all 2.99 to 3.99 that I checked on.

Most out of copyright stuff that people still want to read is free somewhere anyway, such as at Project Gutenberg; just hunt around. The whole strength of the Sony is that you are NOT tied into a particular source of ebooks; you can get them from anywhere you can get Epubs, .pdfs or anything you can convert into .pdfs. I haven't bought a book from Sony yet, and have no intention of ever doing so.

Sony "not tying you in"? Now that is just plain weird!

Regarding the mention of established ebook stores, I would expect that Amazon's Kindle would have a larger assortment of books available because it has been on the market for a few years now.... the B & N ebook store should grow rapidly if the NOOK does well....

check this highly critical article about kindle: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009 ... ntPage=all

ORIGINAL: J P Falcon

Regarding the mention of established ebook stores, I would expect that Amazon's Kindle would have a larger assortment of books available because it has been on the market for a few years now.... the B & N ebook store should grow rapidly if the NOOK does well....

The B&N Nook can display the opensource epub format, which is supported by a large, growing body of publishers. This alone will allow it to display more titles than the proprietary Kindle in very short order.

I've been reading ebooks for years on my Palms (first a Palm III, then a Sony Clie, and now a Palm T/X); and I have to say that none of the ebook readers match the current T/X for speed of reading and flipping in bed. Their screen refresh rate is just too slow; they're hideously overpriced, and they read all kinds of proprietary formats; just once, I want a reader that reads straight up HTML!

ORIGINAL: dogancan

check this highly critical article about kindle: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009 ... ntPage=all

A bit long but a good article. Funny and well written. Thanks for the link.

just once, I want a reader that reads straight up HTML!

Have you tried installing Opera Mini? Technically, it's a web browser, but that means it can handle HTML.

my pleasure... [8D]

ORIGINAL: Joram

ORIGINAL: dogancan

check this highly critical article about kindle: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009 ... ntPage=all

A bit long but a good article. Funny and well written. Thanks for the link.

Are these eBook readers easier on the eyes than traditional books? With paperbacks they cram the text into as few pages as possible to keep their cost down (even if they do overcharge) and I find the text too small. Do eBooks solve this issue or is it the same default small size text? If they are easier to read than a paperback then that is the only way O would buy one because $300.00 for something that can only do books is not good value IMO because I can buy a Notebook PC for the same price, sometimes less.

ORIGINAL: milkweg

Are these eBook readers easier on the eyes than traditional books? With paperbacks they cram the text into as few pages as possible to keep their cost down (even if they do overcharge) and I find the text too small. Do eBooks solve this issue or is it the same default small size text? If they are easier to read than a paperback then that is the only way O would buy one because $300.00 for something that can only do books is not good value IMO because I can buy a Notebook PC for the same price, sometimes less.

According the Kindle ad you can change the font size to any one of 6 sizes, some which looked pretty large to me.