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What we like: Sony's latest reader (due out this week) is sort of like the Kindle DX, in that it's an over-sized version of the Touch but with the addition of 3G wireless. Besides the larger, 7-inch touchscreen, the internal memory has been boosted to 1.6 gigabytes as well.
What's missing: Still no Wi-Fi, and it's amazing how a modest 15-percent increase in screen size and the addition of a wireless chip adds $100 to an already sky-high price tag.
Who it's best for: Someone so impatient to have the newest Sony reader that they dispense with common sense and refuse to consider other completely viable options.
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Subscribe to commentsAnne WingateDec 18th 2009 1:49PM
I can't believe y ou didn't mention the eBookwise reader, which at the moment is marked down to $89. I have two and love them, and just bought one for my son. It's actually the easiest to read from and to work on, such as edits and rewrites. It has almost as many ebooks as Kindle. If it crashes or needs a new battery-about once in four years--they just replace it, for only $50. It's the best for my money.
Bufo CalvinDec 24th 2009 8:52AM
I'm glad you are comparing the different readers. It's important to note that many of us with Kindles read books from other sources than Amazon frequently. The majority of what I read comes from other places.
The mobi format you mention is used at places like FeedBooks.com, ManyBooks.net, and Fictionwise (owned by Barnes and Noble, sellers of the nook). Since the Kindle lets me go to websites other than their own store, I can wirelessly get nicely formatted public domain (those not under copyright protection) directly to my Kindle...not an option from those sites with the nook or Sony.
The nook (sic) has some nice features, certainly. However, I think what matters the most to people after they get an EBR (e-book reader) is the cost and availability of books...I've compared them, and Amazon tends to beat B&N (by quite a bit, if the book is a few years old), and to have more of the well-known older books that are in copyright. Since you can easily convert non-DRM (Digital Rights Management) EPUB books for the Kindle with free third-party software, that gets you all of the Google public domain books as well.
I think people would be happy with any of the EBRs, but I did want to let your readers know that they are not tied to the Kindle store for books on a Kindle, for books in and out of copyright, It is where you will tend to get your bestsellers and new releases, and you are correct that if you buy them from the Kindle store, they currently can't be read on other EBRs (although they can be read on iPhones, iPod touches, and PCs currently, with Macs and Blackberrys coming soon).
Bufo Calvin
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