Sony 300 or Refurbished Kindle 1st Gen

[DrMoze]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

okay....because...................

Because: 1) The Sony handles a far wider variety of formats natively (without conversion or DRM-stripping); 2) The Sony can BORROW BOOKS FROM E-LIBRARIES--I've borrowed and read hundreds of $$$$ worth of ebooks over the past 1.5 years or so; and 3) [projected] the SOny book selection may increase markedly when they switch to full ePub support--prices remain to be seen, but the wider range of sources vs. Amazon-only introduces potential savings.

I've been enjoying a huge variety of ebook novels on my Reader for a long time, and spending far less than the typical Kindle owner who has to buy their books from Amazon. (I'm NOT including those who strip and convert ebooks from various sources here, but if you want to deal with that, you can also do it with the Reader.)

Another thought wrt Kindle v 300: If you don't want/need a dictionary, the 300 is far more portable and solidly built than the plastic, bulky Kindle.

[lisreed]

Originally Posted by DrMoze

Because: 1) The Sony handles a far wider variety of formats natively (without conversion or DRM-stripping); 2) The Sony can BORROW BOOKS FROM E-LIBRARIES--I've borrowed and read hundreds of $$$$ worth of ebooks over the past 1.5 years or so; and 3) [projected] the SOny book selection may increase markedly when they switch to full ePub support--prices remain to be seen, but the wider range of sources vs. Amazon-only introduces potential savings.

I've been enjoying a huge variety of ebook novels on my Reader for a long time, and spending far less than the typical Kindle owner who has to buy their books from Amazon. (I'm NOT including those who strip and convert ebooks from various sources here, but if you want to deal with that, you can also do it with the Reader.)

Another thought wrt Kindle v 300: If you don't want/need a dictionary, the 300 is far more portable and solidly built than the plastic, bulky Kindle.

Wow, why does this always have to turn into nastyness about the kindle?? Yeah it can't do the library thing. And that is too bad but I think epub is overrated. Adobe DE kind of sucks. And I have bought epub books that look indented throughout. The text does not go to the end of the line. So I won't be buying any more epub books. Plus I have a new delightful problem of adobe de saying I can't add anymore devices but not showing me at all how I can get some of those devices off of there since I just have the computer and the sony 300 registered to it now. So I can't get my husband's Opus listed under my account.

As far as either a refurbished kindle 1 & 2 vs. a Sony 300. It just depends what you want. If you want a smaller device and smaller screen size than the 300 is probably a good choice. But for the $$ the kindle is a great bargain. Kindle 2 's even are going for $219 refurbished last I checked. That is only $20 more than a Sony 300 that doesn't offer a 6 inch screen, wireless download, dictionary lookup, annotations, highlighting, web browsing, and online store, 6 font choices to choose from. I find sony's fonts to not be scattered enough. medium I typically find to be too small and large to big. And this plastic vs metal things also is tedious. Yes metal looks nice but plastic doesn't mean it is cheap crap either. Metal is cold also. And the k2 has brushed metal on the back. I also don't consider the kindle 2 to be bulky. I have both that and a sony reader 300 but I really don't think epubs are so great since the text won't go to the end of the line on most of the drm titles I have tried so bottom line is each there own but the kindle is a great bargain for what it offers.

[300com]

Originally Posted by lisreed

I have both that and a sony reader 300 but I really don't think epubs are so great since the text won't go to the end of the line on most of the drm titles I have tried so bottom line is each there own but the kindle is a great bargain for what it offers.

Why not convert all your epub books to LRF with Caliber ?

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Oh, i noticed the you mention DRM titles. I'm sure there is a fix out there.