Thread: wonder if sony going to can ebook business
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Old 04-12-2012, 02:40 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by arciervo View Post
No doubt about it; the Sony desktop software sucks. (I never use it and rely on Calibre instead.)

On the other hand, I rarely need to synchronize with my PC anyway. I can check out library books directly to my PRS-T1 via wi-fi; as far as I know, only the Kindle has similar functionality (and only in the USA). Using the web browser, I can also download EPUBs and PDFs from the Sony Reader store, the Kobo store, ManyBooks, Feedbooks, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, etc. In the rare cases where the downloads fail, I can save the files to the Dropbox folder on my PC and then load them into my Sony using the Dropbox mobile web site.
What would happen if your Sony died - would you be able to redownload all those books again from all those sites? I would not like my T1 having the only copy of my books.
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