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BookCat · 08-10-2021, 11:37 PM

My old 505 has an SD card and masses of books which I put on it. The only problem I have with the reader is the lack of a frontlight. This wasn't a problem at my former house. But I moved in 2013 to a house with dimmer lighting (which I still haven't sorted out). This was when I bought the PW3.

So it's hard to read on the 505 now; it really needs good ambient light. I still use it as a book repository, in that I take books from it, put them onto my computer and into Calibre, convert them and put them on my kindles. The only format which gives me hassle is lrx. These will need to be read on the 505.

So it still has some uses. Shame about the lack of lighting, though.

08-10-2021, 11:37 PM	#21
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	My old 505 has an SD card and masses of books which I put on it. The only problem I have with the reader is the lack of a frontlight. This wasn't a problem at my former house. But I moved in 2013 to a house with dimmer lighting (which I still haven't sorted out). This was when I bought the PW3. So it's hard to read on the 505 now; it really needs good ambient light. I still use it as a book repository, in that I take books from it, put them onto my computer and into Calibre, convert them and put them on my kindles. The only format which gives me hassle is lrx. These will need to be read on the 505. So it still has some uses. Shame about the lack of lighting, though.