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ericthelobster · 12-03-2010, 05:53 AM

I have a PRS-505 which admittedly I don't use very much - main reason being that most of the books I read are while travelling with my family, and everyone passes the books round: ie it's not ideal when 5 or 6 different books are stuck on one machine only!

My wife therefore wants a reader of her own, which will get round this problem, and has her heart set on a new 3G Kindle for Xmas. She'll not be happy with anything else, I fear.

However, it's unclear to me whether this will help our situation. As far as I can see, if we buy commercial e-books for either platform, they won't run on the other: am I right?

Note that we're only really read current-ish novels, ie not interested in public domain material in PDF format etc.

Thanks for any advice!

12-03-2010, 05:53 AM	#1
ericthelobster Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: UK Device: Sony PR-505	Are Kindle and Sony PRS-505 ebooks compatible? I have a PRS-505 which admittedly I don't use very much - main reason being that most of the books I read are while travelling with my family, and everyone passes the books round: ie it's not ideal when 5 or 6 different books are stuck on one machine only! My wife therefore wants a reader of her own, which will get round this problem, and has her heart set on a new 3G Kindle for Xmas. She'll not be happy with anything else, I fear. However, it's unclear to me whether this will help our situation. As far as I can see, if we buy commercial e-books for either platform, they won't run on the other: am I right? Note that we're only really read current-ish novels, ie not interested in public domain material in PDF format etc. Thanks for any advice!