[KAM]

Hi

I recently received a PRS-505 as a gift and, as a non ebook user until that point, I'm still trying to navigate my way through the maze of options and choices. Any confirmation or clarification of my understanding would be helpful.

As I see it there are four major elements:
(a) the physical reader hardware (Sony, Kindle etc);
(b) the many file formats that the given reader may support;
(c) the starting file format that you may use on a PC to create/edit the document;
(d) the conversion process from (c) to (b)

Given that I've already got the PRS-505 the choice of (a) is fixed for me.

What are the relative benefits of the options in (b) that the Sony can work with? Is there a comparison list anywhere you can point me to that says EPUBs do this but RTFs do that and LRFs and HTMLs do both/neither?

If I'm creating/editing a document I could store it as .txt, .rtf, .doc, .htm etc. Again do any of these have advantages further down the line, or do they block off choices?

Finally, what software or process is current favourite for getting from the PC world to the PRS world?

I've posted in this forum simply because the Sony is the one part of the puzzle already in place. If you feel I'd be better off enquiring in other forums, just point me in the right direction!

Regards

Ken