Hello all,
Several people have made some interesting comments about my posting and also this forum. Kumabjorn says:
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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
For me it was the other way around. Once I had my device I googled it and that is how I discovered Mobileread. Clearly a superior community.
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I agree that the MobileRead website is a great resource. I found it after I bought my Sony-600 reader, and it led me to a lot of the essential information the Sony corporation did not include with the product.
GeoffC (
btw, I love your avatar) wrote a message with just a cute graphic:
But his signature line has links to some really terrific resources, including the
ebook library, the
terrific MobileRead wiki, forum member
Dreams's helpful links to ebook shops, and the free
ebooks page on the wiki with an impressive number of links. What a treasure trove in one small signature line!
KindleKitten asks me:
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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
are you still within your return window? get a Kindle! none of these issues happen with it!
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I gather you're quite partial to the Kindle. The main reason I did not get it is that I did not like the idea of vendor lock-in. When Amazon remotely deleted a couple of George Orwell books from their customers' after discovering that it did not have the proper distribution rights, it both alarmed me and turned me off.
No doubt this was human error and not corporate wickedness on Amazon's part, and I like Amazon. But this unfortunate incident made me conscious of the need to support more open devices.
To the somewhat clueless first-time buyer (like me) of this new technology, Kindle does not seem to encourage use of other formats, especially EPUB. In 1960s lingo, Kindle puts out heavy Microsoft-style "vibes."
Moreover, being on the USA's senior citizen retirement program (
Social Security), I do not have a lot of disposable income. So I opted for what seemed like the more open-format-friendly alternative when a local bookstore offered the Sony-600 for $150 US.
Regards,
Alan OldStudent
The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living -- Socrates
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