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Originally Posted by Blue2u
The Amazon ecosystem as you put it, does intrigue me. I like the thought of having access to free downloads on a daily basis,
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Both the Sony and the Kobo store offer free downloads too, although obviously not in the same numbers. You don't have to have a Kindle to access the Amazon ones either - I downloaded a Kindle book yesterday from a link here, and although it took a while (the Kindle for PC program took forever to download!), it worked fine in the end, and Calibre did a lovely job of converting it. So I'm not sure the shop should be a major factor in your decision. Having said that, I agree with Synamon that the Sony store is kinda crappy - I downloaded two books from there too, and although I could see them in 'My Library' in the Reader program, I just couldn't figure out where they were - eventually I did a search of my PC and tracked them down!
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Originally Posted by Blue2u
But I have one more question, I've seen people commenting regarding something about the shiny bezel. Should I be concerned? What color should I buy? Would it make a difference? My preference is generally black to hide any scuff marks that may occur. But I always have my KT in it's case anyways. And I would do the same [buy case with light] and keep the Sony in that as well.
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I've got the red, and didn't find it that shiny, but I bought a case (Navitech one) at the same time that covers the majority of the bezel anyway.
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Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan
It seems like a pretty good reader, definitely one of the sexiest readers out there and one of the great things about Kobo readers is that you can use the Kobo app to sync your books across all your devices. If you were to get a Sony then you wouldn't be able to sync with anything.
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That's not really a major problem if you use something like Dropbox, though. I guess it depends on whether you have multiple devices or want to access your books wirelessly.