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vivaldirules · 08-17-2008, 04:42 PM

I am really starting to get irritated with Sony's laziness at adding new titles for the Reader. The raw numbers of Sony vs. Amazon are bad but can be partially dismissed because of the uncertainty in Amazon's titles (self-published titles, mutliple entries of the same title, etc.). But Sony has progressively slowed the addition of new titles in the past six months. They were adding well over 100 new titles a day and now they are crawling along by adding a few now and then.

I did a search today of dugbug's SciFi/Fantasy award winners: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...156#post236156 Of the 437 titles, Amazon had 109 of them (25.0%) while Sony had 73 of them (16.7%). There's no excuse for that. Sony should sell every title that Amazon sells. There's no reason for them not too except their own laziness.

I really like my Reader. It's a great device. But if I can't buy books for it because Sony is too lazy to offer them, I can only recommend to others who are looking to look elsewhere. The Sony Reader: if content availability is a concern to you then don't buy one.

08-17-2008, 04:42 PM	#136
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Sony vs. Amazon: Pitiful I am really starting to get irritated with Sony's laziness at adding new titles for the Reader. The raw numbers of Sony vs. Amazon are bad but can be partially dismissed because of the uncertainty in Amazon's titles (self-published titles, mutliple entries of the same title, etc.). But Sony has progressively slowed the addition of new titles in the past six months. They were adding well over 100 new titles a day and now they are crawling along by adding a few now and then. I did a search today of dugbug's SciFi/Fantasy award winners: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...156#post236156 Of the 437 titles, Amazon had 109 of them (25.0%) while Sony had 73 of them (16.7%). There's no excuse for that. Sony should sell every title that Amazon sells. There's no reason for them not too except their own laziness. I really like my Reader. It's a great device. But if I can't buy books for it because Sony is too lazy to offer them, I can only recommend to others who are looking to look elsewhere. The Sony Reader: if content availability is a concern to you then don't buy one.