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BookCat · 09-07-2010, 04:41 PM

I haven't read the entire thread, so forgive me if I'm repeating stuff. Going back to the OP's question: I wonder if anyone else bought an ereader because a techie friend of theirs had managed to put PG ebooks: at the time he was reading "The Castle of Oltranto", onto an emulator so that he could read books on his old SP Gameboy? He brought it to a party and it impressed me: I wanted one. Unfortunately, the emulators were expensive.

I was accumulating PG books on my pc and hated reading them on screen. Like many others, I have a clutter of pbooks, so when I heard about the Sony 505, I wanted one in a BAD way!!

It also has the perk that I no longer have to pay for classics, which were difficult to find at car boot sales (garage sales).

09-07-2010, 04:41 PM	#63
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	I haven't read the entire thread, so forgive me if I'm repeating stuff. Going back to the OP's question: I wonder if anyone else bought an ereader because a techie friend of theirs had managed to put PG ebooks: at the time he was reading "The Castle of Oltranto", onto an emulator so that he could read books on his old SP Gameboy? He brought it to a party and it impressed me: I wanted one. Unfortunately, the emulators were expensive. I was accumulating PG books on my pc and hated reading them on screen. Like many others, I have a clutter of pbooks, so when I heard about the Sony 505, I wanted one in a BAD way!! It also has the perk that I no longer have to pay for classics, which were difficult to find at car boot sales (garage sales).