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Originally Posted by Alex Bowden
Strange how manipulatable people are.
So, do Sony facilitate and allow Apple's eReader software to run on the Sony machine and to buy books directly on that machine?
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No, but my Sony PRS-300 DOES allow any ADE ePub books and all non-DRM ePub books, regardless of whether purchased at the Sony store or elsewhere (e.g. Kobo, Books on Board, etc.). And also I can read ePub downloads borrowed from libraries. That's plenty open enough for me.
I think the most telling thing for me is that I had bought ONE Sony e-reader, a PRS-500, back in the days of proprietary Sony. And that was more out of curiosity than anything else, since I did most of my e-reading on my PDA. The PRS-500 mostly languished in a drawer since the books at the Sony Store were too expensive and the selection was (very) limited. Since Sony opened up to ePub, however, I have bought SIX PRS-300's: me, husband, son, dad, father-in-law, second one for husband when he lost the first one
. I suspect Sony is happy, relative to me at least, that they opened up.
If Apple opened up, who knows - I might buy six iPads - although I doubt it since my dislike for arrogant Apple is now quite well-established. In any case, this seems to be (yet another) step in the wrong direction, from my point of view, at least...