Hello all,
I decided to buy the sony reader, luckily my brother was in the US and picked one up for me, he got back this evening and i am now the owner of a lovely new reader!
so i have had it now for about 4 hrs, and so far i am over the moon. It is so well made etc, really solid build. The screen is everything i hoped for, completely different from a computer monitor or pda, and it is so wonderfull to read on.
Had no problems registering it, i am outside the US. Got the credit for 100 classics which is great. I was hoping to get some normal credits as there are a few books on the connect store i would love to buy, and that arent availiable in a compatiable format from fictionwise et al; so i could be hitting up one of the wonderful forum members to see if i can get a voucher credit which i understand works from the UK. Any volounteers? it would be much appreciated. (i have a paypal account)
Anyway back to the reader, i have one question. In the article linked in the Illustrated primer thread, the reviewer mentiones that you are able to download the whole contents of some newspapers (eg NYT) to the reader, losing formating but still retaining all the contents in what looks like a very readable form. However they didnt expand on it, so i was wondering if anyone knew how one goes about doing that i would be greatful.
so far i am totally enamoured with the thing, i am an avid reader and this seems perfect for me! i am as we say, well chuffed!
