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Old 05-16-2011, 02:37 AM   #16
violagirl
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Originally Posted by Poppaea View Post
The Sony PRS-350 uses infrared beams for the touchscreen hovering above the screen and is as clear and matte as everyone elses touchscreen. Actually it uses the same Pearldisplay as the Kindle (its only build into those two at them moment), but has the touchscreen functionality on top.

Its PDF handling is the best right now of all readers, but you have to keep in mind that PDF's are not meant to be read on a reader, anyway.
The 350 looks like it'd be the best fit for me, but unfortunately it's just too much for me new at $180. I couldn't find any used in the flea market here (only ones being sold for full price), and I'm too afraid to buy used off of ebay. I did see the cheapest used one on Amazon for $120, though I'm not sure what kind of risk I'd be doing buying it. I have no problem with used products if they are gently used, not beat up. I'm not sure what would be a reasonable price to expect for a used 350, though.

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Originally Posted by Andrew H. View Post
Amazon is *not* making libraries buy extra copies.

http://overdriveblogs.com/library/20...s-and-schools/
I am INCREDIBLY happy to hear that. That was my biggest beef with the Kindle, the second being that it doesn't read ePub. What I had read before made it sound like libraries had to buy them separately. Thank you for the good news!
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