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Donnageddon · 05-19-2008, 06:17 PM

This is the message I do not want to see on Sony's ebook store

http://musicstore.connect.com/

I think with the existing hacks for uploading content to the Sony Reader, the Reader will continue to have a life for a long time (I still use my minidisc players), but I would not recommend buying a lot of Sony DRM'd books.

I would hope that Sony would provide a mechanism for reformatting their DRM'd books (making them useful after your Reader dies) if their Reader was ever discontinued. But based on my experience, that ain't gonna happen.

05-19-2008, 06:17 PM	#12
Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	This is the message I do not want to see on Sony's ebook store http://musicstore.connect.com/ I think with the existing hacks for uploading content to the Sony Reader, the Reader will continue to have a life for a long time (I still use my minidisc players), but I would not recommend buying a lot of Sony DRM'd books. I would hope that Sony would provide a mechanism for reformatting their DRM'd books (making them useful after your Reader dies) if their Reader was ever discontinued. But based on my experience, that ain't gonna happen.