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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
In what way are you tied to Sony's bookstore?
I have never ever used the Sony bookstore in two years of owning a Sony Reader.
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Of course you can sideload books with a PC and Calibre but I want to be able to buy books while on the go. It's not impossible of course but the experience is appropriate for early 2000 technology. Sony's bookstore is not competitive in today's market. On more than one occasion I've finished a book and gone looking for a book from a particular author only to find it missing from Sony's store but freely available from Amazon. Usually this is when I'm already in bed and not of a mind to go grab the laptop and all that entails. I just want to buy, download and read a book. No muss, no fuss. I program computers for a living but I prefer my gadgets just work.
The store is not nearly as bothersome as the screen - that's the main reason I'm very unsatisfied.
I put 100% of the blame on myself for not returning the device when I still could. It was an expensive lesson.