[gudrun45]

I ordered a 350 reader a few days ago and am now impatiently waiting for it to arrive.
In the meantime I've put holds on some books at the library and am looking around for freebies.
Just now I found one at the Sony Reader Forum. When I went to Sony to download it, I was informed that you had to have their software to do so. So I installed that and got the book alright.
But, I'm wondering, why do I need so many programs? I've got the Adobe one, supposedly needed for library books, and Calibre for books other than adobe epub (right?), and now the Sony thing.
Is there a way to buy Sony books and download and open them to Calibre?
I'm new to all this, obviously, and it is getting confusing.

Thanks,
Gudrun