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ScottAGross · 01-04-2008, 05:56 PM

I got a Sony 505 for Christmas and love it but was dismayed to find out that I cannot purchase Amazon eBooks for it. They only work on the Amazon Kindle.
So I wrote to Jeff Bezos and asked if he had ever heard of the concept that you make more money selling razor blades that you do making the razors that use the blades. In that industry, they practically give away the razors in order to rake in the big money selling dem blades. There is also the computer printer/ink cartridge comparison. I also asked if he was in the business of 'selling books' or 'selling hardware'?
I got a gracious reply from one of his admins saying that there is no compatibility and there may not be in the near future, but that they will consider my suggestion.
Since Sony only has about 20,000 titles and Amazon has over 100,000, I would really like to mine that Amazon Mother Lode with my Sony. If someone hears about a hack that can do cross conversions betwen the two formats, I'd sure like to hear about it. I'm not trying to get books for free. I'll gladly buy them from Amazon, I just don't want to have to own two eBook readers.
If you hear of one, please let me know.

01-04-2008, 05:56 PM	#1
ScottAGross Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cameron Park, CA Device: PRS-505	Can Sony read Kindle eBooks and Vice versa? I got a Sony 505 for Christmas and love it but was dismayed to find out that I cannot purchase Amazon eBooks for it. They only work on the Amazon Kindle. So I wrote to Jeff Bezos and asked if he had ever heard of the concept that you make more money selling razor blades that you do making the razors that use the blades. In that industry, they practically give away the razors in order to rake in the big money selling dem blades. There is also the computer printer/ink cartridge comparison. I also asked if he was in the business of 'selling books' or 'selling hardware'? I got a gracious reply from one of his admins saying that there is no compatibility and there may not be in the near future, but that they will consider my suggestion. Since Sony only has about 20,000 titles and Amazon has over 100,000, I would really like to mine that Amazon Mother Lode with my Sony. If someone hears about a hack that can do cross conversions betwen the two formats, I'd sure like to hear about it. I'm not trying to get books for free. I'll gladly buy them from Amazon, I just don't want to have to own two eBook readers. If you hear of one, please let me know.