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Originally Posted by sjohnson717
However, you can easily load free books in RTF format; this is virtually impossible on the Kindle.
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The Mobipocket Reader software will import an RTF file and convert it to Mobi format with very little problems.
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Originally Posted by sjohnson717
However, getting free books and documents into Kindle is convoluted; you email them to Kindle but the author becomes your email address.
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I guess you haven't found Feedbooks yet. You can download from them via Wispernet just as easily as getting a book from the Kindle store using the device. See
http://feedbooks.com/help/kindle .
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Originally Posted by sjohnson717
Annoying. If you are a power-user, you can convert doc or pdf files using utilities but you really gotta want it.
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As I said above, Mobipocket reader software does this easily. Downside of course is that it is Windows only software.
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Originally Posted by sjohnson717
I imagine Sony will discontinue this--or stop improving it--in 18-24 months when they get bored <snip>
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This I very much doubt. eBooks and eBook readers are at the very early stage. There is alot of money to be made once the market hits _The Tipping Point_ ($7.99 on the Kindle store BTW).
BTW: I also have the Sony 500 and the Kindle. Had the Sony over a year and the Kindle for 2 days now.
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