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Originally Posted by pink_squirrels
Okay, I understand that we will not be able to purchase barnes and noble ebooks for the Sony PRS 600, but my question is- will we be able to in the future?
And, what other websites/ebook suppliers besides Sony can we use for the sony ereaders?
I am looking to buy the sony touch ereader, and so far the only names I have heard floating around are the sony store (obviously), and fictionwise...
Does anyone know of any other websites I can buy books on? And are fictionwise books compatible with sony readers?
Thanks a ton for your help!
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pink_squirrels,
The PRS-600 should support both ePub and PDF (with or without DRM). My PRS-505 and PRS-300 support both formats. If you go to ebookprice.info, you can search by author or title, and it will give you a price comparison by format. The search results also include a tab for the Sony reader that show the ebook formats compatible for the device. Their search results aren't always accurate, but it will give you an idea as to who the major ebook retailers are. (e.g., Fictionwise or Books on Board or Powells might not turn up in the results for a specific ebook, but when I go to those sites I can find the ebook there.)
Fictionwise doesn't sell Adobe ePub (DRM), but they do have some Adobe PDF (DRM) which they call Secure Abode. They also have multiformat ebooks without DRM. If you buy one of their multiformat ebooks, you can download it in any of the available formats, including ePub and lrf.
I prefer ePub to PDF, but PDF is Ok. The newer Sony devices offer reflow support for PDF files so you can resize the text. But the pagination is sometimes strange on the reflowed PDF files. So I usually read PDF in landscape mode instead of resizing.