Canadian bookstore choices

nikev · 11-24-2010, 02:07 PM

Hi all,

So I see that despite Sony's claims of more books for Canada, the Reader store still shows many of the books I want as being unavailable. I don't know why they bother -- there are 4 screens worth of titles for some authors, but only two available books.

Are there other places to look? I see that Kobo has some of the titles of interest, but it's not clear to me whether they work in Canada. Does Kobo work with the Sony readers, and provide software that works on a Mac?

Thanks in advance,

Nike

Bookworm_Girl · 11-24-2010, 02:34 PM

Hi, Nike. Kobo is a Canadian company. It's the ebook spinoff from Chapters / Indigo so I would expect them to be one of the largest and best sources for ebooks in Canada.

I buy ebooks from Kobo to read on my Sony since they also sell to the US. I am a Mac user too (still using OS X Leopard). Sony makes software called Reader Library which transfers both Sony and Kobo ebooks to your ereader. It is similar to how Apple iTunes transfers music to an iPod.

11-24-2010, 02:07 PM	#1
nikev Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS 505	Canadian bookstore choices Hi all, So I see that despite Sony's claims of more books for Canada, the Reader store still shows many of the books I want as being unavailable. I don't know why they bother -- there are 4 screens worth of titles for some authors, but only two available books. Are there other places to look? I see that Kobo has some of the titles of interest, but it's not clear to me whether they work in Canada. Does Kobo work with the Sony readers, and provide software that works on a Mac? Thanks in advance, Nike

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Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,873 Karma: 36536965 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	Hi, Nike. Kobo is a Canadian company. It's the ebook spinoff from Chapters / Indigo so I would expect them to be one of the largest and best sources for ebooks in Canada. I buy ebooks from Kobo to read on my Sony since they also sell to the US. I am a Mac user too (still using OS X Leopard). Sony makes software called Reader Library which transfers both Sony and Kobo ebooks to your ereader. It is similar to how Apple iTunes transfers music to an iPod.

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