I too am very pleased with my Sony PRS-505. I buy books from the US Sony Store via Gift Cards (Thanks to Leaping Gnome for the option to do this) and i am happy with the prices; possibly because i am in the UK and the dollar price seems competitive even at todays exchange rate. I suspect i am also old fashioned in that i don't have an issue with supporting the manufacturers book store and i am not confident enough to use the various conversion softwares. I would like Waterstones in the UK to reduce their costs but imagine their rather high prices are due to economy of scale. Perhaps when/if Kindle becomes available here this will be a suitable lever for Waterstones to be competitive.
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