Electronic bookreaders

I just got an ebook reader for christmas, and though the sony ebook site has a lot of material, it doesn't have everything I', looking for. Can I download eBook from other sites and still read them on the sony reader?

Sony Reader will read any .lrf (that's their format, the same as you get from their site, except the copy-protected ones are .lrx), .epub (with the firmware update), .pdf, .rtf, and .txt files.

PDF is by far the easiest to acquire; .epub is the most common & best-featured ebook format for portable readers. The Sony Reader will read any PDF--but most of them are formatted in a way that makes them hard to read; using the "M" and "L" options loses the formatting, but only some books are easy to read that way. (It's fine for novels; bad for charts & tables & anything with pictures.)

You can get free ebooks from http://www.manybooks.net and http://www.feedbooks.com, along with several other sites; feedbooks even has PDFs size-formatted for reading on the Sony Reader. And Mobileread.com has thousands of free ebooks, plus forums and a wiki that can help you figure out what's available and whether stuff the Reader can't read can be converted.

2008-12-24 10:01:41 by Percocet

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2009-02-18 04:07:18 by Catalin T

I have a friend who wants the sony digital reader, and he lives in Ireland. Does anyone know when sony plans on releasing it internationally?
Thanks.

my guess would be within the next couple of years.

2007-11-21 13:13:52 by fishyesque

I understand that Sony just sales that kind of product in US market. So I'd like to know how can I get it in Vietnam or nearer countries such as Singapore, Thailand or Malaysia.

If it's available in Vietnam, you will probably find it at the following locations:

Ho Chi Minh City: Nguyen King - A huge electronics store about 2 blocks East of Ben Thanh Market.

Hanoi: The Sony Store in the Trang Tieng Street mall. First floor. Near the escalators.

If you're able to easily travel in and out of Vietnam, you will want to go to Hong Kong for your electronics. Hong Kong is closer to Hanoi than Ho Chi Minh City.

Good luck!

2007-11-30 20:01:50 by Truong Minh Khanh

I just can't read things that are on a computer screen for longer than about 2 minutes. I was thinking about getting something like a Sony Reader but am wondering if I'll actually feel right sitting there and reading off one.

The e-Ink readers like the Sony Reader, Kindle and iLiad are not hard on the eyes the way a computer screen is--they don't project any light. (So you also can't read them in the dark.) They look very much like paper.

There's a half-second or so transition between pages that most people get used to very quickly, but if you think you might not, you should find a way to borrow or test one first.

You should also consider filetypes--not all readers read the same types of ebooks, so you'll need to think about where you'll be getting them from. If you mostly plan on buying them, check out online ebook stores to see what's available; if you plan on getting mostly free ebooks, you probably want something that reads PDF and epub, because those are very common formats. (None of the e-Ink readers are great with PDFs, but some are better than others.)

2009-01-06 16:27:47 by Wulfruna