Kindle in overseas ?

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by fugazied

Apple managed to get it sorted quickly with music/movies, and Amazon should have the same kind of marketing clout you would think, which pushes publishers to do the smart thing.

Your memory may be deceiving you. It took several years for Apple to roll out the iTunes store internationally. Initially it was US-only.

The situation for music is generally rather more straightforward than it is for books. The big record companies operate world-wide, and have world-wide distribution rights. The issue for books is that book publishing and distribution contracts are very often country-specific. Many books, for example, have different US and UK publishers.

[igorsk]

Originally Posted by Slow_hand

Hmm - the Sony has no search then. Shocked I am. Question answered in spades.

PRS-700 does have search, as you can enter text using virtual keyboard. PRS-505 doesn't have a keyboard (like Kindle) or touch screen, so it's not easy to enter text.

[Alisa]

Originally Posted by igorsk

PRS-700 does have search, as you can enter text using virtual keyboard. PRS-505 doesn't have a keyboard (like Kindle) or touch screen, so it's not easy to enter text.

Yes. I should have been more clear. At the time the Kindle came out and I made the decision to buy it, the Sony 700 didn't exist. The current Sony offering was the 505 which did not offer search, annotation or dictionary lookup. The 700 now offers search and annotation as well as an integrated front light. Still no dictionary. Some do find the screen a bit fuzzy. The extra layers on the screen seem to have interfered a bit with the crispness. Others find it perfectly usable. I haven't seen one in person but it's a compelling feature set.