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Aug
6
Amazon Kindle - Sony Reader Comparison
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A recent post at Blog Shop Review states a preference for the Amazon Kindle over the Sony Reader.
I have owned the first generation Sony Reader since last December, and read over twenty books on it, and just recently purchased the Kindle. While the Kindle is not perfect, it is superior to the Sony Reader in several meaningful ways that make it a far superior choice[.]
The first reason listed for the Kindle preference is available books: “[T]he number of books available for purchase for the Kindle is at least triple the number available from Sony.” (We have noted here at eReader Central that Sony did recently announce support for the EPUB format in the updated PRS-505 Reader, which serves to increase the number of ebooks that are compatible with that model of the Reader.)
In addition, the Blog Shop Review stated that with the Kindle, “[b]uying books is far easier; they are transferred directly to the Kindle without having to be downloaded first to a computer.” Other features listed as in the Kindle’s favor include screen contrast, available font sizes, the ease of changing pages, and the number of books that can be held in the device’s memory.
Jul
25
Sony Reader Takes the Open Road
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The Sony Reader is getting a lot of media buzz heading into the weekend, all resulting a Thursday announcement from Sony that its model PRS-505 Reader will be “the first eBook reading device to support the EPUB format, the International Digital Publishing Forum’s XML-based standard format for reflowable digital books and publications.”
Beginning in August, Sony continued, the PRS-505 “will be able to access and accept secure and non-secure ebooks in the EPUB format.” In addition the PRS-505 Reader “will support Adobe eBooks with digital rights management and have the capability to reflow standard text-based Portable Document Format (PDF) eBooks for improved flexibility and readability.”
Continue reading about the Sony PRS-505 Reader . . .
Jul
14
Teleread reports that the Stanza ebook application may be downloaded for use on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
According to Lexcycle (the provider of Stanza), this app built-in support for a number of document formats, including “HTML, PDF, Microsoft Word, and Rich Text Format reading, as well as all the major eBook standards: unprotected Amazon Kindle and Mobipocket, Microsoft LIT, Palm doc, and the International Digital Publishing Forum’s new epub Open eBook standard.”
Continue reading about the Stanza ebook app . . .