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Old 04-20-2010, 09:14 AM   #1
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Greetings from Staten Island, New York
Well, this looks like fun. I have gone through four ebook readers over the years: The Franklin, The RCA REB-1100 (I don't remember if that number was 1100 or something kind of like 1100), the Sony PRS-500 (the first Sony reader, not sure of that number either), and now the Sony Pocket Reader.

It's been a peculiar road, I like having all my books with me, but of course as things continue to change, I have to change with them. Lost a lot of ebooks when RCA's Gemstar thing went down in flames. Had them on the reader flash card, then their network went down, then the book itself crashed. Lots of books, but nothing left to read them on.

On the other hand, nice to see that libraries are lending ebooks now.

I've also reached the point where large print is a major factor in my life. As a kid, I used to laugh at that big "E" on the top of the eye chart. "What kind of geezer needs that big old 'E' up there?" I wondered. Well, now I'm that geezer. Without my glasses, can't read anything but that E. All those little letters on the eye chart, and that big old letter 'E' is my only remaining friend.

Well, that's my story so far. See you round.
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Old 04-20-2010, 09:32 AM   #2
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Old 04-20-2010, 11:18 AM   #3
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Old 04-20-2010, 12:21 PM   #4
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Thanks. I'm flipping through the forums, looking around to see what might be found where. One thing that puzzles me is, if there's a problem I'd like to discuss with the ebooks I have on my Sony Pocket Reader, should I bring that up in the Sony Reader forum, or, if it's an ePUB formatted book, should I bring it up in the ePUB forum?

I would like to avoid threadjacking if I could. My problem relates to the "Large Print" feature of the ebooks I buy from the Sony Store. Any suggestions?
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Old 04-20-2010, 12:49 PM   #5
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Hi, cg4m - welcome to the forum. Not sure where you should post your large print question. I'm sure someone will be along to tell you in a bit.

I also noticed recently that I need reading glasses - and that I had been reading a lot less because of it.
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Old 04-20-2010, 01:17 PM   #6
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Hi, cg4m - welcome to the forum. Not sure where you should post your large print question. I'm sure someone will be along to tell you in a bit.

I also noticed recently that I need reading glasses - and that I had been reading a lot less because of it.
That seems to be what happens to everyone eventually. I've tried reading glasses, but I really would rather just have larger fonts. Thus my enthusiasm for ebooks...
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Old 04-20-2010, 06:53 PM   #7
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Hi candygram and welcome to MR. I am slowly approaching the 'Big E' as my last friend too. But as I have to wear glasses anyway I just had them changed so I can read now better again.

Not sure where the best place is for your question. Just post where you think it should go - someone will answer.
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