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thechansen · 08-25-2009, 06:38 PM

Finally, I can stop wasting hard drive space on VMware on my Macbook (back to the iMac you go!). Or having to start up my PC and then transfer to my laptop everytime I wanted to buy a book through the service. This could have all been avoided years ago just by making a small app to link a Reader to your account, and then allow you to download the books straight from the ebook store website. I will, however, continue to use Calibre as I have over 400 books properly formatted and sorted in Calibre and I like waking up in the morning and having a nicely put together copy of the NYTs website right on my 505. It's like I already have the daily edition - touchscreen and annotations.
OT rant
3G connectivity is largely fluff, as I carry around my entire library on the device and I'm sure to have something to read. Even if I went on a trip sans laptop, I would pick up two or three books before I left, negating the need to ever have to worry about buying a book through the battery eating cell connection. I do however, like the widescreen dual page lay out for the Daily edition. That is a feature that would greatly increase my ability to burn through books.

08-25-2009, 06:38 PM	#50
thechansen Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	Finally, I can stop wasting hard drive space on VMware on my Macbook (back to the iMac you go!). Or having to start up my PC and then transfer to my laptop everytime I wanted to buy a book through the service. This could have all been avoided years ago just by making a small app to link a Reader to your account, and then allow you to download the books straight from the ebook store website. I will, however, continue to use Calibre as I have over 400 books properly formatted and sorted in Calibre and I like waking up in the morning and having a nicely put together copy of the NYTs website right on my 505. It's like I already have the daily edition - touchscreen and annotations. OT rant 3G connectivity is largely fluff, as I carry around my entire library on the device and I'm sure to have something to read. Even if I went on a trip sans laptop, I would pick up two or three books before I left, negating the need to ever have to worry about buying a book through the battery eating cell connection. I do however, like the widescreen dual page lay out for the Daily edition. That is a feature that would greatly increase my ability to burn through books. Last edited by thechansen; 08-25-2009 at 06:42 PM.