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Originally Posted by Mayr
So by now I have pre-selected 3 ereaders i think will meet my needs.
First the sony prs-505 which looks good and can handle a good type of files. My only reservation is that it has been around for a while (2 years) and with the launching of the new models I'm afraid sony will stop supporting it with new updates. I also ear something about a deficient support for books in epub format? Being the new supposed industry standard it got me thinking if I should buy the new prs-300 despite the smaller screen. 
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The ePub support on the new Sony models is precisely the same as that on the older. All of them currently use an older generation of the "Adobe Digital Editions" software (the software used to display ePub and PDF books) that that which is used on most newer devices. It may be updated in the future, of course, but it's unwise to count on these things.
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Leaving sony aside the bebook (or Hanlin or eco reader or whatever, Haven't quite figured out what's the latest and best model) has caught my attention has well because of the enormous file types supported and the ability to zoom in pdfs. Is this a good choice or is it one of those things that does ok in a lot of areas but doesn't excel in none?
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Your concerns are absolutely justified. The BeBook (and clones) display a lot of different formats, but none of them terribly well. Although they do use a newer version of ADE than the Sony does, it too has issues with ePub files in that it doesn't currently support internal hyperlinks within the book.
If the ePub format is important to you, the best implementation of it currently available is that on the CyBook Opus. The Sony, however, currently has a better PDF implementation than the Opus, if PDF files matter to you.