[Publib] Sony Reader

[Alana Abbott]

I have been chastised by Kindle fans for not understanding that the Kindle
also lets you adapt text, .doc, and .pdf files to be read on the Kindle. I
had thought only amazon titles were allowed to be read, but apparently it
offers a much more open platform than I'd realized.

I know we have a bunch of Kindle owners on the list -- maybe they can speak
more to that?

Alana Abbott, Reference Assistant
James Blackstone Memorial Library
758 Main St., Branford, CT 06405


On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Sharon Foster <fostersm1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> What I like about the Sony (I bought a PRS505, pre-wireless) is that I
> can load my own PDFs without Sony's intervention. So anything I can
> get for free--I'm reading Cory Doctorow's "Little Brother" on it right
> now--from Tor.com, Google Books, bus schedules, etc., I can read on
> it. It does require some additional steps to transfer files, very much
> like transferring audiobooks from OverDrive or NetLibrary to an MP3
> player, and for that reason alone most people would lean toward the
> Kindle. It will be interesting to see what happens when the Sony goes
> wireless.
>
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