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Originally Posted by HarryT
It took several years between the US iTunes Store appearing, and being able to use iTunes in other countries, for exactly the reasons described. Looking back on it, perhaps people forget that.
In the mean time, there's nothing to stop you from buying a Sony Reader. Many people buy from http://www.bhphotovideo.com who ship internationally. |
I'm not a fan of proprietary stores anyway (I use my own mp3 conversions on iPod), and the Sony Reader has very limited formats.
I considered using B&H before buying the BeBook (I found them accidentally when googling for Sony PRS-505 and then checking the shipping options), and even if any customs was applied (sometimes it slips through unnoticed!) I'd probably still be paying a little less, or not much more, than a BeBook. But I figured why support them (Sony), and why not go for a device that at least is trying to support multiple formats?
Anyway, we'll see - I like the Sony design, and the 8 grey scales would be nicer than 4 I'm sure. I'm not interested (yet) in the PRS-700 because I don't care about WiFi (again, since I'm not in the US). I'm also still unconvinced about the limited formats (i.e. I would have to convert to LRF, and does the 505/700 support MOBI and MOBI-DRM? - I think only LRF, PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF for reading). Because of the format concerns, I'd probably grab one super cheap (maybe eBay) but not full price - even the great B&H price (with shipping to NL it's $315).
Cheers!