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Old 09-17-2010, 09:22 AM   #1
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I got my first E-reader a few weeks ago; a Kogan, and I've had so much fun with it I decided to upgrade. So this week I splashed out and got myself a new Sony PRS-650.

As a big Sci-Fi fan, I was very pleased to find a copy of Rudy Rucker's 'Ware Tetralogy' completely free (legally), which seems a most appropriate first set of ebooks.

The Kogan is a good little unit. (Available in Australia only afaik). There's a few little annoyances, but the important things (good screen, many formats) are all good. But the Sony is much better; Touch screen is wonderful - it responds to the lightest of touches; build quality is exceptional, and page turns are really fast.

Only thing is I found myself going from a Sans font on the Kogan which I have got used to, to a Serif on the Sony. I'm surprised how annoying I found this... So now I've just given myself a crash course in epub editing and setting up custom fonts, entirely thanks to these forums! And now it's all good - I can make these books look however I want! Very pleased with myself!

So.. Thanks! and Hi. I'll probably hang around here a bit - you seem a nice bunch of folks.
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Old 09-17-2010, 10:06 AM   #2
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Old 09-17-2010, 11:37 AM   #3
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Good to have your company, Jambeetle. I love my Sony, too, but we bought a Kogan for one of our Australian authors a week or two ago. She's delighted with it. The only hitch she mentioned was the awkward positioning of the left-hand page-turn button. Seems she's got used to that, too now, but I reckon it's something that may well be fixed when there's a KoganII. Good to hear you're similarly happy. Best wishes. Neil
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Old 09-17-2010, 12:55 PM   #5
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Old 09-18-2010, 01:28 AM   #6
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Old 09-19-2010, 04:42 AM   #9
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I got my first E-reader a few weeks ago; a Kogan, and I've had so much fun with it I decided to upgrade. So this week I splashed out and got myself a new Sony PRS-650.

As a big Sci-Fi fan, I was very pleased to find a copy of Rudy Rucker's 'Ware Tetralogy' completely free (legally), which seems a most appropriate first set of ebooks.

The Kogan is a good little unit. (Available in Australia only afaik). There's a few little annoyances, but the important things (good screen, many formats) are all good. But the Sony is much better; Touch screen is wonderful - it responds to the lightest of touches; build quality is exceptional, and page turns are really fast.

Only thing is I found myself going from a Sans font on the Kogan which I have got used to, to a Serif on the Sony. I'm surprised how annoying I found this... So now I've just given myself a crash course in epub editing and setting up custom fonts, entirely thanks to these forums! And now it's all good - I can make these books look however I want! Very pleased with myself!

So.. Thanks! and Hi. I'll probably hang around here a bit - you seem a nice bunch of folks.
Hi, and welcome to MobileRead..

I also have a Kogan, but I have no end of trouble with ADE... I were going to buy a Sony 650, but since ADE is giving me so much grief, I might just stay away from it.
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Old 09-19-2010, 10:18 AM   #10
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