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Originally Posted by induna
I agree. I too have been using the Sony software for years with few issues, other than performance on the earlier releases. It has also improved significantly over the years, as has the book store in both content and usability. Of course I can also buy my books elsewhere if I choose.
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And another with no problems with the Sony software.
But why oh why can't I buy from the web link? Don't companies love links? They bring you right to the purchase, before you think too much and possibly change your mind. (Links also help your search ranking.)
Why must I be told by the web version of the Sony Reader Store to open up Reader Library and navigate back to where I just was (except more slowly in the Reader software). Instead, have the Sony web page just open Sony Reader Library and download to there, similar to how other stores open ADE, or even open the Sony Reader Library, in the case of public library websites (OverDrive developers are great and very responsive). (Of course, also have a button to download the Reader software for people who don't yet have it.)
How dopey of Sony. Make purchasers jump through unnecessary hoops (unnecessary to everyone except Sony's lazy or underfunded development group), probably losing some percentage of sales that way. The analogies to physical purchases are few, only for items that are very cumbersome to deliver or pick up, like a web site for real estate or heavy machinery.
No one does digital Sony's way. It's a totally complete and totally fake storefront, that only turns around the customer, who already has the item within grasp, to some other location, with instructions to completely repeat what they just did! Dopey, dopey, dopey.