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I think everyone is pretty much agreed that the Sony Store is a disaster. There are many other good ebook stores to search for epubs ... you just need to look around here to find the Alternatives to SONY CONNECT thread to find lots of them. You can even borrow epubs from a large (and growing) number of public libraries around the country, so lack of reading material sources just doesn't ring true. Support for industry standards has positioned the Sony readers for access to a world of competitive providers (despite the agency model).
As for the convenience of just connecting to Amazon to buy ... its that same convenience that gives Amazon the ability to look over your shoulder and, Big Brother-like, inspect your mobile library and take back your paid-for copy of 1984 (I still chuckle over the appropriateness of that one). If the ability to intrude into your device and examine the contents thereof doesn't bother you, then you've made a good choice. Enjoy!
As for me, I'll take a little inconvenience in the connection department (even when Borders doesn't deliver their books "instantaneously") over yet another snoop impinging on my personal space and freedoms.
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