[dordale]

Bookcat--I think the others have answered your questions very well. Just wanted to share my experience. I made the move to a Kindle PW2 from a Sony 350 and 650 in October. I have several books in ePub format and except for a copy of the NIV Bible with lots and lots of footnotes, Calibre converted all of them to KF8/AZW3 format with out any problems. I use Calibre to load books on my KPW2--have the wifi turned off about 99.9% of the time. Works well for me.

I thought I'd want to be able to turn off the frontlight as well, but now that I have my KPW2, I find that I leave the light on all the time--it actually improves contrast in bright light as well. After experimenting, I keep mine between 9-11 brightness (out of 24).

The one thing that I miss about the Sonys are the awesome way that they use Calibre series tag information for collections on the device. But, from reading posts in the group, I've learned how to use Calibre Plugboards to add the series information to the title of the book before sending to the PW, and that has turned out to be an acceptable alternative.

I do miss the page turn buttons on the Sony--although the 350/650's have touch screens as well, I would use both methods--touch screen and buttons to turn pages. I liked having the alternative. But, it's really not that big of a deal for me.

I still use my Sonys once in a while, but the KPW2 has definitely become my go-to reader.