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I see cassidym beat me to responding while I'm in the middle of typing this. I'm not going to edit my post for redundancy, so hopefully it's not too annoying.

Originally Posted by Mgrmitch

I am using the sony ebook store to purchase some ebooks. It is my understanding that these books are in the LRX format. My question is what if i change ebook readers to Kindle or other reader what happens to the books I have purchased will they convert???

Books you buy from the Sony eBook store will not work on your Kindle or other non-Sony devices. There exist for some eBook formats tools that can strip the DRM and allow you to convert to other formats, but LRX is not one of them.

Originally Posted by Mgrmitch

I am also reading that the sony ebook store is higher in price than other ebook retailers on the web. If that is the case what format do I want to download for future books??

The Sony eBook store is often cheaper than other eBook stores, but rarely as cheap as Amazon's Kindle Store. Some Kindle fans will probably beat me up for saying this, but I doubt Amazon will continue to keep their prices so low much longer. Expect Kindle's eBook price advantage to decrease as eBooks become more mainstream.

If you're not buying from Sony's eBook store, your other choices for non-free books are Adobe EPUB and Adobe PDF. Stores like BooksOnBoard.com have a wide selection of these. For the PRS-505, always choose ePub over PDF when it's a choice (it'll look nicer).

Originally Posted by Mgrmitch

Then do I just copy into the ebook library? Is there any manual that will tell how to use the sony reader without their software?

If you're buying ePubs and PDFs, you'll use Adobe Digital Editions (the store you buy them from should have an explanation of how this works). It has the ability to communicate directly with your PRS-505 and send the books to it. For DRM free books (like the ones found here at Mobileread, sites like Manybooks and Feedbooks, etc.), you can add them to the Sony software, Adobe DE software, or even the powerful Calibre. You can also drag supported formats directly on to your PRS-505 using MY COMPUTER or whatever file manager your computer's Operating System uses.

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