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Technophobe · 12-03-2008, 05:35 PM

We are about to set out on a 5 month trip abroad, and want to bring with as many books as possible. It had been our intention to buy both a sony ebook, as well as a kindle, so as to have broadest possible access to books. Well, we ordered the sony 505, but left it too late to get a kindle before we go. So, my question is is it possible to buy kindle books and read them on a sony?

(We have the additional problem that we are bringing with us a netbook that runs linux, not windows, and have just discovered that you can't download books from the sony store unless you use their software, which only runs on windows. Ugh.)

As you may have guessed from my username, I have absolutely no experience or knowledge with computer programming, so any directions available would need to be at the most basic level (first, turn your device on...)

Thanks much!

12-03-2008, 05:35 PM	#1
Technophobe Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: sony	Buy from Kindle for Sony 505? We are about to set out on a 5 month trip abroad, and want to bring with as many books as possible. It had been our intention to buy both a sony ebook, as well as a kindle, so as to have broadest possible access to books. Well, we ordered the sony 505, but left it too late to get a kindle before we go. So, my question is is it possible to buy kindle books and read them on a sony? (We have the additional problem that we are bringing with us a netbook that runs linux, not windows, and have just discovered that you can't download books from the sony store unless you use their software, which only runs on windows. Ugh.) As you may have guessed from my username, I have absolutely no experience or knowledge with computer programming, so any directions available would need to be at the most basic level (first, turn your device on...) Thanks much!