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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
1) Filetypes: I'm moderately proficient, and very comfortable, at file conversion; I wanted the content I already had to work on my new reader. The Sony works with files I already have; the Kindle does not. (Txt doesn't count.)
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I'm confused. If you're comfortable with conversion, what types could you possibly have that Kindle does not work with? Unless this is a DRM issue?
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
2) Control: I like the option of control over my content--want to be able to reformat it if I care to take the time. I can format things how I want them for RTF, or PDF. (I'm damn near worthless with HTML. I should work on that.) Having to format a file and sent it to someone else for conversion was a step I didn't want.
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This complaint doesn't make any sense either. If you're comfortable with conversion, you can do the conversion yourself just like you do for your Sony; you don't *have* to use Amazon's email service.
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
3) Free books more important than paid, for me: I care that it's easy to get stuff from manybooks & feedbooks; I don't care that I have less purchasing options. I am happy to purchase from Baen & Fictionwise (which would need an extra transfer stage for the K), but the differences between various DRM-infected stores don't matter to me; I'm not buying from them.
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There's no extra transfer stage for the Kindle vs. the Sony if you are using the computer. If you're using wireless, there's *less* stages, which is something you *can't do* on your Sony.
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
One of my common uses for the Reader is:
* Go to blog during lunch hour
* Copy-paste content, with comments, into Word
* Click on links in blog entry. Add those, if interesting, to file
* Format to ~3.5x4.8 pages; convert to PDF (because PDF has smaller filesize than RTF)
* Bookmark PDF for main blog entry, other entries, comments that caught my eye on first glance, etc.
* Throw PDF onto Reader for reading during evening transit.
Can't do that with the Kindle. At least, not quick-and-easy on my lunch hour.
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I know you say Whispernet is irrelevant to you, but Kindle lets you access than blog *easier*; you could pay the money to subscribe to it or do it free via the web browser. What you describe above seems pretty crazy to me, but you could still do it on Kindle; you just convert to MOBI rather than PDF.