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shousa · 01-15-2008, 06:44 PM

My view is as follows on a number of the issues raised on this thread.
- I started being very negative about DRM but this became a non-issue for me because of the ability to convert DRMed .lit files with convertlit and then lit2lrf to Sony Reader files without DRM (once you have done it once it is an easy process that takes very little time)
- I was negative on the range of books initially but I built up a library from public domain sources first, found a surprising range of .lit (Microsoft Reader) format files from a number of book stores. I have over 60 really good books to read (includes some substantial webpage text). The cost was much much cheaper than buying paperbacks and for favourites I had to have $5 was nothing compared to scanning the books (if you love an older book what is $5, if it is too much then do you really love it?)
- can manage my book collection with libprs500 (free - on this forum)
- can convert many formats to .lrf with book designer (free - on this forum)
- having a shower (as mentioned above) while getting the news feeds seems no issue to me.
- I admit to focusing initially on what I thought it could not do rather than what it could and in the end I am finding I can actually get (one way or another) most of what I want on the reader plus a lot more eg public domain, webpages.

So I find my initial arguments invalidated completely - a whole world of ebook reading awaits - awesome!

I would encourage anyone who likes the idea but has not taken the plunge to read this thread from the beginning and I urge you to have an open mind and you may end up like me: I bought a Sony 505!

Thanks to all again.

01-15-2008, 06:44 PM	#104
shousa Groupie Posts: 181 Karma: 232 Join Date: May 2006	The challenge is over (IMHO) My view is as follows on a number of the issues raised on this thread. - I started being very negative about DRM but this became a non-issue for me because of the ability to convert DRMed .lit files with convertlit and then lit2lrf to Sony Reader files without DRM (once you have done it once it is an easy process that takes very little time) - I was negative on the range of books initially but I built up a library from public domain sources first, found a surprising range of .lit (Microsoft Reader) format files from a number of book stores. I have over 60 really good books to read (includes some substantial webpage text). The cost was much much cheaper than buying paperbacks and for favourites I had to have $5 was nothing compared to scanning the books (if you love an older book what is $5, if it is too much then do you really love it?) - can manage my book collection with libprs500 (free - on this forum) - can convert many formats to .lrf with book designer (free - on this forum) - having a shower (as mentioned above) while getting the news feeds seems no issue to me. - I admit to focusing initially on what I thought it could not do rather than what it could and in the end I am finding I can actually get (one way or another) most of what I want on the reader plus a lot more eg public domain, webpages. So I find my initial arguments invalidated completely - a whole world of ebook reading awaits - awesome! I would encourage anyone who likes the idea but has not taken the plunge to read this thread from the beginning and I urge you to have an open mind and you may end up like me: I bought a Sony 505! Thanks to all again.