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.”

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Jul

14

Taking the Sony Reader on Vacation

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According to Amanda, from a stay-at-home mom’s point of view the Sony Reader is a great product.  She’s been stocking up on e-books for her in preparation for a vacation week at the beach.  She finds the Sony e-book store to be “super easy to navigate around,” and a source where you can find “MANY great books at a reasonable price.”

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