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Originally Posted by Synamon
Free ain't easy. 
AFAIK only Sony allows direct downloads from Overdrive for library books, so if that's important to you then your decision is made. If public domain books are more important then Kobo is cheap and simple and comes pre-loaded with 100 public domain books. If you want the best access to public domain books via a bookstore, Kindle might be your best bet, but it fails your epub requirement. If your nephew likes science fiction, he can email ebooks from Baen's free library directly to a Kindle, or you can even use the email option to send him free books you've downloaded for him from Project Gutenberg or other sites. None of the e-ink readers have everything, you'll have to compromise. |
It's very easy. The Sony T1 has a web browser. It allows direct downloads from the browser and not just from Overdrive. You can download public domain EPUB files from Project Gutenberg, although personally I prefer to download them from Feedbooks. I like the formatting of their books better. I attached a screen capture of the mobile Project Gutenberg home page. I also attached a screen capture of a random book. All you do is open the book description and then select the Download in EPUB option and it magically shows up on the T1's home screen and your book list.
It also doesn't matter whether the books have DRM or not. Sony has their own bookstore which is easy to purchase books from (no different than buying books from Amazon on my Kindle or B&N on my Nook). But, you can also download purchases from the Kobo website through the T1 browser. I can download attachments from email, both from Google Mail and my ISP webmail. I can download files from my Dropbox account which is a method many are using to transfer files wirelessly from the computer to the T1.
Direct searching and download from your public library's Overdrive site is just the icing on the cake.
