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GingerTez · 09-08-2008, 05:23 AM

Hi,

I'm Terry and I'm from North West England. I read a huge amount of traditional books and last week I bought a Sony PRS-505 from the UK Waterstones.com site.

The reader is fantastic and I can see why so many people 'over the pond' in the US have been raving about eBook readers - I'm just glad they're finally starting to make it into the mainstream in the UK.

I was very disappointed with Watersones selection of eBooks and started to shop around to see what other sites produced content that my PRS-505 could use and was a bit worried until I realised that the Secure Adobe Reader 7 files could be read on my PRS-505 (older PRS-505 units seem to need a firmware update for this but the one I got could already do it). Seeing as that format seems to be supported by a few US eBook sites I'm going to have to budget myself now. Too many books... not enough time!

This site looks really good and I look forward to getting to know you and sharing with you all.

Cheers,
Terry.

09-08-2008, 05:23 AM	#1
GingerTez Stroppy Ginger Scotsman Posts: 62 Karma: 284 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Altrincham, UK Device: Sony PRS-505	Hi - new to eBooks, got a PRS-505 Hi, I'm Terry and I'm from North West England. I read a huge amount of traditional books and last week I bought a Sony PRS-505 from the UK Waterstones.com site. The reader is fantastic and I can see why so many people 'over the pond' in the US have been raving about eBook readers - I'm just glad they're finally starting to make it into the mainstream in the UK. I was very disappointed with Watersones selection of eBooks and started to shop around to see what other sites produced content that my PRS-505 could use and was a bit worried until I realised that the Secure Adobe Reader 7 files could be read on my PRS-505 (older PRS-505 units seem to need a firmware update for this but the one I got could already do it). Seeing as that format seems to be supported by a few US eBook sites I'm going to have to budget myself now. Too many books... not enough time! This site looks really good and I look forward to getting to know you and sharing with you all. Cheers, Terry.