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Originally Posted by Meemo
That was never the case. The only time you might go "through" Amazon is for conversion of a PDF (or other non-compatible) file to be compatible for the Kindle. And if you use one of the programs like Calibre, Stanza, etc, you don't have to go through Amazon at all. As long as you're happy with your Sony I suppose it doesn't matter for you, but wanted to set the record straight there.
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Thanks for the clarification. As I said, that was my understanding at the time.
I'm very happy with my Sony Reader. For me, it is a perfect replacement for most physical books. When I first got into ebooks with my Palm PDA, the one thing I wished for is a reader with a larger screen and sharper text (the early Palm PDAs had a screen resolution of 160 pixels by 160 pixels). The Sony Reader was a vast improvement over my old Palm PDA when it comes to use as an ebook reader.
For me, the only type of book where the screen size is an issue is with manga titles. The screen resolution is fine and a non-color screen is not a problem when reading manga (since most of it is in black and white), but the screen size makes it a little hard to read some of the text. For this reason, I will probably get a reader with a larger screen (as a minimum the screen size must be at least 5" x 7.5", the size of most manga books) with the same number of pixels per square inch when it comes time to upgrade to a new reader.