I'm not sure what JSWolf was trying to say, but you are correct in that their is no reliable connection from a Sony reader to the Amazon store. You can always strip the DRM from Kindle books and convert them to ePubs, but that is not what I would consider a reliable connection--just a solution. However, I find it more tedious and problematic to strip the DRM from Kindle books and convert them to ePubs than I do the other way around. In other words, I find it much easier to strip the DRM from ePubs and convert them to MOBI. That was what made me decide to go back to Kindles and get away from the Sony readers. Well actually, that was the thing that finally tilted me away from Sony as Sony had many reasons to send me back to Amazon. The Pearl screens were just icing on the cake.