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perfesser_bear · 02-01-2009, 07:23 PM

Good Day--

I recently decided that the best bang-for-the-buck was the Sony Reader. The best price I could find from a reliable Internet source was about $270, with (maybe) a plastic leatherette cover and no AC-converter. I wound up at BJ's Warehouse Club (an East Coast phenomenon) and a PRS-505 kit for the same $270 – with the AC and a brown cover.

I have also used Rocket eBook (both the Windows simulator and an early 4-meg model) the Microsoft Reader and Adobe Digital Edition.

I like the PRS-505, aside from the lack-of-search issues; I bought it a 2 GB Memory Stick and have played with Caliber and converting Gutenberg HTML files. I tried using MS Write to convert a text file (Lord Dunsany's Book of Wonders, thank you for asking) to RTF, but I do not like the results.

--Perfesser

02-01-2009, 07:23 PM	#1
perfesser_bear Sony PRS, ADE and MSR Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Exeter, State of Confusion Device: Sony PRS-505	New PRS-505 Owner Good Day-- I recently decided that the best bang-for-the-buck was the Sony Reader. The best price I could find from a reliable Internet source was about $270, with (maybe) a plastic leatherette cover and no AC-converter. I wound up at BJ's Warehouse Club (an East Coast phenomenon) and a PRS-505 kit for the same $270 – with the AC and a brown cover. I have also used Rocket eBook (both the Windows simulator and an early 4-meg model) the Microsoft Reader and Adobe Digital Edition. I like the PRS-505, aside from the lack-of-search issues; I bought it a 2 GB Memory Stick and have played with Caliber and converting Gutenberg HTML files. I tried using MS Write to convert a text file (Lord Dunsany's Book of Wonders, thank you for asking) to RTF, but I do not like the results. --Perfesser Last edited by perfesser_bear; 02-01-2009 at 07:42 PM.