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entropy · 04-12-2012, 10:39 PM

I am homeschooling my 5-year-old, who is an avid reader. Unfortunately, our local library's junior selection is abysmal, imo (eg the only non-vampire or non-Harry-Potter-esque fiction book I could find was Charlotte's Web).

My ereader is a Sony PRS-350 that I enjoy using daily. I have thought about giving it to my daughter and perhaps buying a T1 or a Kindle for myself.

The other part is that I used to have access to a regional library here in Western Australia that loaned ebooks (my local library lacks this feature). However the regional library revoked distance memberships recently.

So I would like to know which reader I should buy to get the best library access. I would be happy to pay for access to an excellent English-language ereader library selection anywhere in the world.

(The free classics in ebook format would also need to be available to either reader I choose - I know this is true for Sony but not sure if Kindle is able to access these free books? Perhaps with Calibre? Would it be a problem to use the same installation of Calibre with both a Sony and Kindle device?)

Thanks for any advice!

04-12-2012, 10:39 PM	#1
entropy Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Sony PRS-350	ereader with good library access? I am homeschooling my 5-year-old, who is an avid reader. Unfortunately, our local library's junior selection is abysmal, imo (eg the only non-vampire or non-Harry-Potter-esque fiction book I could find was Charlotte's Web). My ereader is a Sony PRS-350 that I enjoy using daily. I have thought about giving it to my daughter and perhaps buying a T1 or a Kindle for myself. The other part is that I used to have access to a regional library here in Western Australia that loaned ebooks (my local library lacks this feature). However the regional library revoked distance memberships recently. So I would like to know which reader I should buy to get the best library access. I would be happy to pay for access to an excellent English-language ereader library selection anywhere in the world. (The free classics in ebook format would also need to be available to either reader I choose - I know this is true for Sony but not sure if Kindle is able to access these free books? Perhaps with Calibre? Would it be a problem to use the same installation of Calibre with both a Sony and Kindle device?) Thanks for any advice!