@rmeister0: it looks like HTML is not directly supported (which is interesting since the BBeB is supposed to be an XML based format). Of course you could always convert it to another format (PDF for instance) if you desparately needed something on your reader. Not a good solution for HTML, I agree, but I can only guess that since the device is aimed primarily at books, Sony just doesn't think of books as being in HTML format.
Maybe they'll be more open to the OpenReader format than we think since it is an XML based format and so is the BBeB (I'm not suggesting they're the same format -- I'm pretty sure they're not -- just pointing out that they're both XML based).
@ath: The ownership of the books is tied to an account at the Connect store. What's tied to the device is the ability to
read the books on those 6 devices. The reason I think that 6 is probably sufficient for most folks, is that I figure I'm going to want to read my e-books
on my e-reader (once I have one
), and will be able to resist loading them (for reading) onto every other piece of computer hardware I can lay hands on.
I've explored some extreme cases (such as what happens if my house burns down with all 6 of my devices in it, and I've put my text on all 6 of them?). It looks like that would have to be handled manually by contacting the Connect people and getting the device count totally reset. You're right that that is where the crux of the matter falls -- how sticky would they be about doing that?
That being said, I'm not too worried about it -- if I were to end up with a Sony Reader, I think I'd still try pretty hard to avoid feeding their DRM beast by getting my e-texts elsewhere. So my renewed interest in the reader is really hinged on the fact that it can read RTF/TXT/PDF files natively. It's just nice to see that Sony has apparently learned something from the Libie' DRM debacle. I'm not saying I'd never buy e-texts from them, but I'd be pretty resistant.
@Snappy!: that "shocking" was meant tongue in cheek.
