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Originally Posted by slayda
Having both a Cybook Gen3 and a Sony (albeit a PRS-500) I have to agree with Harry's assessment of the two.
Yes you can relatively easily convert books to the Sony format or even to RTF but for a "one time read" type book, that soon becomes annoying.
I also have a Palm TX that I use and the Mobipocket can be read on the Cybook, The TX or my PC. So for the reasons Harry stated and my own set of reading devices, the Cybook is much superior.
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Yeah I agree. I really want to avoid having to fiddle around with this sort of thing as much as possible. Thanks for your help
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Originally Posted by HarryT
I honestly think that you couldn't be more wrong about there being "naff all available". I suppose it depends what type of books you like to read, but the vast majority of "best sellers" these days are available as eBooks, and generally at much lower prices than UK paperbacks. Take a look at a site like Fictionwise and you'll find that most eBooks sell for somewhere about $5-6 (£3-4), which is a heck of a lot less than buying paperbacks. I'm a fan of mysteries and SF/fantasy, and I have more available to read as eBooks than I could possibly get through in a lifetime. |
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Originally Posted by Lordy
I was in exactly the same position as vaseline (I posted a few months ago) and in the end didnt buy anything because, having sort of made a decision on the hardware, I started looking at the books available and gave up. I'm a current fiction paperback consumer, one or two a week, £4-8 a time, and while I could happily entertain myself for a while rereading the classics for free on my reader, if I want to read a new book (1) I have to pay something approaching (or exceeding) the hardback price and (2) there's naff all available. What's the point? I'm trying to save space and paper but not at the cost of price and choice. (Bear in mind I'm in the Uk so Kindle not an option tho I dont know if Amazon is any better/cheaper). I've read all the "where to get books" posts in all formats and I'm in shock. Its like having an Ipod but only being able to listen to stuff from before the 70s and maybe 1 song in 1000 from now, but not one you'd ever want to listen to, and at 10 times the price. Am I missing something?  |
That was definately a very different post to the rest of those in this thread :P. I'm afraid I have to agree with HarryT though, I'm really surprised by the amount of books available for it that were on my 'to read list'. In a lot of cases, pretty obscure titles I was not expecting. Sure it's not comprehensive, but its pretty impressive I think. Price isn't bad on places like fictionwise either. I suppose it depends on what type of books you read though.
I've ordered a cybook, thanks for all the help guys!