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Originally Posted by randyman
Hey, gang -
Just wanted to say hello, as I've just found this forum; I'm a Mac user eagerly awaiting the long-delayed Sony Reader. I've had experience at getting the short end of the stick by manufacturers, as I'm still occasionally using my original Rocketbook. (Yep, the battery still works!)
As long as the Reader supports the formats Sony states it will, I'll have no difficulty using it effectively - far more easily, in fact than the Rocketbook, which is orphaned by both the lack of connectibility to modern Macs and by OSX. The Mac will readily convert HTML to PDF files, and there's always text.
I know I'm preaching to the choir, but every time I hear about the failure of e-books to catch on, I just have to shake my head. People just aren't all that interested in DRM-based content; we really want a device that will let us load our own content (web, text, pdf) and go. Not because we want to pirate content, but (I believe) because much of what we want on our readers is non-commercial, or legitably available for free on the web.
Anyway, I'm really looking forward to things heating up here when the Reader is released, and I look forward to sharing tips & techniques with other Mac users. And to the PC crowd - I come in peace!  |
Then you must be happy to know that you can run RBMake utilities on OSX and upload and manage books from your OSX