[Rika24]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

You can order a battery from NewPower99. You get the tools you need and they have an instructional video on how to replace the battery.

https://www.newpower99.com/Sony_PRS_...%20prs-650.htm

thank you, i'll keep that page bookmarked for when the battery goes so i can replace it

Originally Posted by HarryT

You certainly can replace the battery, as Jon says, but perhaps you might consider replacing the reader? Screen technology has advanced considerably since the PRS-650; the contrast is a lot better, and front-lighting makes them readable in any lighting conditions from bright sunlight to darkness.

i'm aware that tech has changed, i just got a new reader, the Kobo H2O, but i still want to have my SONY as a back up.