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Originally Posted by pilotbob
But, I'm not sure why you don't consider the Kindle. It is the easiest to add books to for a non-techie it also adds a dictionary and search which the Sony doesn't have. As a bonuse Amazon keeps all your purchased eBooks online and you can redownload them as needed. Basically you never need to connect your Kindle to a PC at all unless you want to put some non-Amazon sourced books via USB.
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Bob,
My answer would be that the Sony is much more like a paperback and is much easier to carry around. I like its ergonomics better and its looks. It can handle a lot of different formats easily so I'm not locked into Amazon. I personally prefer not to buy anything from Amazon -- I'm very concerned about concentrating too much market power in its hands, at least as far as reading material goes. I do not want Amazon to be in the position of dictating to publishers and to readers.
As for the dictionary, I do wish the Sony had one built in but
only if it were a well-recognized standard dictionary, not simply one from the Internet that may not have been vetted. But I never found it problematic to use the dictionary that I keep next to where I read (I have them all over the house
), as I also use them when I read pbooks (yes, I still buy and read pbooks -- just fewer of them).
Although the wireless connection might be nice, I don't find it needed. I currently have 171 unread books on my Sony. If I can't find something to read among them, there is something amiss. I can wait until I'm at a computer to add books to that trove, so it isn't a big deal not having wireless. Truthfully, if the only way I could have wireless book buying was by having a built-in keyboard like the Kindle, I'm one who would pass. I want my reading device to remind me of the pleasure of reading not the torment of my daily working on a computer and being connected to the world. Reading is an escape, a vacation from daily stress. (That's why I also refuse to sign up for all the extra services my cell phone can provide -- all I want it to do is let me place and receive telephone calls; I don't text message or check e-mail or roam the Internet with my cell phone.)
Like someone else noted they do, I spend 3-5 hours a day reading on my Reader and love it. I take it everywhere. It easily fits in a waist pack so it is easy to carry. Love my Sony 505.
