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Originally Posted by Duodora
In response to Alisa: I understand--right now I'm leaning against the Kindle tho--from all accounts that I've read (although if you have other thoughts please let me know!) the battery life is a lot shorter than the others. Getting access to a power outlet is going to be sort of hit or miss, so right now battery life is really important to me.
Dale--thanks for the help! Just a quick question--how difficult is it to convert the format with the Sony? Is it pretty easy to set up? (I'm probably "average" at computer stuff...)
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The battery life on the Kindle is similar to that on the cybook, maybe 10% less or so, if you turn the wireless off. Both have very good life. I think the Sony may win there but it is very difficult to know exactly.
Setting up the conversion stuff is fairly straight forward if you use libprs500. you need to install python and then the program. After that you typically use a command line program or a .bat file to convert the files. Most people buy Microsoft LIT files and convert them. The author of libprs500 is a member here and supports it very well. I think he now has a converter for Mobi as well. For classics the work is already done here at MobileRead for both Sony and Mobi (which also works on Kindle) and you can just choose from about 1500 works and download them.
Dale