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Gentlefather · 12-03-2010, 12:50 PM

Thanks for confirming my understanding that I am choosing between a couple of choices and Kobo is a valid one.

I think if I can summarize the posts accurately, the Sony is a better reader, more expensive, but better. The Kobo is adequate. Both will serve my needs but I may WANT a Sony. I will do some research on Sonys to see if any of them is on sale.

My little local library came a long way, for a small city with 70,000 people (St. Albert), they have around 3,200 ebooks already. I think a couple of readers is a good investment also from the perspective of how much we spend on books each month at the bookstore; ebooks simply cost less. The reason we borrow so many books is because my daughter still read a lot of trashy teens and tweens novels, she can go through 2 or 3 of those a day.

Also it should help to save poor dad's back, on our last Mexican vacation, my little daughter, carried 7 hardcover books in her carryon backpack, in a two weeks span, she read all 7 including the Deathly Hallows three times (okay, I didnt say she reads good books only...). Guess who carried the backpack on and off the planes and through the airports.

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Gentlefather Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: none	Thanks for confirming my understanding that I am choosing between a couple of choices and Kobo is a valid one. I think if I can summarize the posts accurately, the Sony is a better reader, more expensive, but better. The Kobo is adequate. Both will serve my needs but I may WANT a Sony. I will do some research on Sonys to see if any of them is on sale. My little local library came a long way, for a small city with 70,000 people (St. Albert), they have around 3,200 ebooks already. I think a couple of readers is a good investment also from the perspective of how much we spend on books each month at the bookstore; ebooks simply cost less. The reason we borrow so many books is because my daughter still read a lot of trashy teens and tweens novels, she can go through 2 or 3 of those a day. Also it should help to save poor dad's back, on our last Mexican vacation, my little daughter, carried 7 hardcover books in her carryon backpack, in a two weeks span, she read all 7 including the Deathly Hallows three times (okay, I didnt say she reads good books only...). Guess who carried the backpack on and off the planes and through the airports.