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Maugendre · 05-25-2007, 02:42 PM

English is not my maternal language.
I got my reader for 4 weeks now. I did not want to pass from internet before I could see one, touch one, use one. Luck, karma… I had the chance to find somebody who have one to sell . I went to see the reader, like it, went for a tooth extracting, came back with money and got it. My first reading was done with half my jaw frozen. I was drooling for few hours . Because of the reader or the frozen jaw ?? probably both…
I am a reader since 6 months after my first grade at school. All my family are readers. I read scf, mystery, fantasy. So for me the sony reader is a joy. I don’t care about mp3, because when I read I don’t hear anything…So here wath I think about the reader, my very personnal feeling. I read for 6 months about the reader on this site. This is for the people who love reading and have no clue about technologie like myself. I read around 10 books on an LCD screen with ereader software, ubook, Cr2, mobypocket , Microsoft reader and a few obscure one. I read about 5 books on a palm. Both were pretty hard on my eyes.

Good things

Easy to the eyes , very very easy.
Three size zoom ( good for poor light or in a bus on the road )
Can have few books at differents stages of lecture.
Can bring many books in it ( never use memory card )
Ghosthing effect very minimal ( I don’t see why people complain about it ).
A lot of books availables in txt and rtf and htlm. ( I have 780 and still counting and a new friend give me 2600 ).
Easy to play with ( changing page with my left thumb feel normal . Sorry Yvanleterrible

Refresh rate do not bother me at all.
Batterie life ( after one full charge 1400 clics for first barr. 900 clic second barr. 600 clic third . 500 clic last . play around 100 clic for a total of 3500 clics. I will try again in a few month for the fun of it.
More easy to read the reader with poor light than a paper book.
Bookdesigner is a plus.

Bad things ( nothing is perfect ) ( personnel preference)

Light reflection when more than one light source.With one it is easy to angulate the reader.
No font change or change design directly on the reader
PC connect reader ( slow ++ no font change or design change ) Don’t know why it exist…
Cannot accept book directly in internal memory
Cannot delete directly.
Cannot transfer in another folder or use hierarchique folders( pretty stupid from Sony this one ) ( I hope you understand what I mean ).
Contrast could have been better.

If the reader break, I will by an other one. I love it even with the bad things.

Book that I read with the reader in a month.

Butcher, Jim - Codex Alera 3 - Cursor's Fury
Butcher, Jim - Dresden Files 07 - Dead Beat
Butcher, Jim - Dresden Files 08 - Proven Guilty
Green, Simon R - Nightside 05 - Paths Not Taken
Howard, Robert E - Conan 01 - Tower Of The Elephant
Howard, Robert E - Conan 02 - God In The Bowl
Howard, Robert E - Conan 03 - Rogues In TheHouse
Nicholls, Stan - Orcs - First Blood 01 - Bodyguard of Lightning
Nicholls, Stan - Orcs - First Blood 02 - Legion of Thunder
Nicholls, Stan - Orcs - First Blood 03 - Warriors of the Tempest
Perry, Steve - Matador 01 - The Man Who Never Missed
Pierce, Tamora - Tortall 1 - Song of the Lioness 01 - Alanna - The First Adventure
Pierce, Tamora - Tortall 1 - Song of the Lioness 02 - In the Hand of the Goddess
Pierce, Tamora - Tortall 1 - Song of the Lioness 03 - The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
Pierce, Tamora - Tortall 1 - Song of the Lioness 04 - Lioness Rampant

I know, the last 4 are for teen.

I used word to have times new roman 18 font, Fully justified , space right and left to 0.5 cm , and save in rtf . Than I use Bookdesigner and it is easy to work with and connect reader download them more rapidly. Just for this reason I would have keep it.I will use BD in the futur .

Your site is a big plus too. I am a shy guy so I will probably not input often, but I will read you .

Question.
I am going to do a pilgrimage ‘’ st-Jacques de Compostel ‘’ 60 to 70 days on foot in France and Spane. I just read that the USB connector cannot charge the reader without the connect software. How can I charge my reader in Europe during those days???

Merci for the reply.
P.S" I may have double the question elsewhere sorry.

05-25-2007, 02:42 PM	#1
Maugendre Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 26 Join Date: May 2007 Location: south of Montréal Device: sony ereader	four weeks with my ereader English is not my maternal language. I got my reader for 4 weeks now. I did not want to pass from internet before I could see one, touch one, use one. Luck, karma… I had the chance to find somebody who have one to sell . I went to see the reader, like it, went for a tooth extracting, came back with money and got it. My first reading was done with half my jaw frozen. I was drooling for few hours . Because of the reader or the frozen jaw ?? probably both… I am a reader since 6 months after my first grade at school. All my family are readers. I read scf, mystery, fantasy. So for me the sony reader is a joy. I don’t care about mp3, because when I read I don’t hear anything…So here wath I think about the reader, my very personnal feeling. I read for 6 months about the reader on this site. This is for the people who love reading and have no clue about technologie like myself. I read around 10 books on an LCD screen with ereader software, ubook, Cr2, mobypocket , Microsoft reader and a few obscure one. I read about 5 books on a palm. Both were pretty hard on my eyes. Good things Easy to the eyes , very very easy. Three size zoom ( good for poor light or in a bus on the road ) Can have few books at differents stages of lecture. Can bring many books in it ( never use memory card ) Ghosthing effect very minimal ( I don’t see why people complain about it ). A lot of books availables in txt and rtf and htlm. ( I have 780 and still counting and a new friend give me 2600 ). Easy to play with ( changing page with my left thumb feel normal . Sorry Yvanleterrible Refresh rate do not bother me at all. Batterie life ( after one full charge 1400 clics for first barr. 900 clic second barr. 600 clic third . 500 clic last . play around 100 clic for a total of 3500 clics. I will try again in a few month for the fun of it. More easy to read the reader with poor light than a paper book. Bookdesigner is a plus. Bad things ( nothing is perfect ) ( personnel preference) Light reflection when more than one light source.With one it is easy to angulate the reader. No font change or change design directly on the reader PC connect reader ( slow ++ no font change or design change ) Don’t know why it exist… Cannot accept book directly in internal memory Cannot delete directly. Cannot transfer in another folder or use hierarchique folders( pretty stupid from Sony this one ) ( I hope you understand what I mean ). Contrast could have been better. If the reader break, I will by an other one. I love it even with the bad things. Book that I read with the reader in a month. Butcher, Jim - Codex Alera 3 - Cursor's Fury Butcher, Jim - Dresden Files 07 - Dead Beat Butcher, Jim - Dresden Files 08 - Proven Guilty Green, Simon R - Nightside 05 - Paths Not Taken Howard, Robert E - Conan 01 - Tower Of The Elephant Howard, Robert E - Conan 02 - God In The Bowl Howard, Robert E - Conan 03 - Rogues In TheHouse Nicholls, Stan - Orcs - First Blood 01 - Bodyguard of Lightning Nicholls, Stan - Orcs - First Blood 02 - Legion of Thunder Nicholls, Stan - Orcs - First Blood 03 - Warriors of the Tempest Perry, Steve - Matador 01 - The Man Who Never Missed Pierce, Tamora - Tortall 1 - Song of the Lioness 01 - Alanna - The First Adventure Pierce, Tamora - Tortall 1 - Song of the Lioness 02 - In the Hand of the Goddess Pierce, Tamora - Tortall 1 - Song of the Lioness 03 - The Woman Who Rides Like a Man Pierce, Tamora - Tortall 1 - Song of the Lioness 04 - Lioness Rampant I know, the last 4 are for teen. I used word to have times new roman 18 font, Fully justified , space right and left to 0.5 cm , and save in rtf . Than I use Bookdesigner and it is easy to work with and connect reader download them more rapidly. Just for this reason I would have keep it.I will use BD in the futur . Your site is a big plus too. I am a shy guy so I will probably not input often, but I will read you . Question. I am going to do a pilgrimage ‘’ st-Jacques de Compostel ‘’ 60 to 70 days on foot in France and Spane. I just read that the USB connector cannot charge the reader without the connect software. How can I charge my reader in Europe during those days??? Merci for the reply. P.S" I may have double the question elsewhere sorry.