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Robert S
10 August 2009
I have been using this device for two months now, here are some thoughts:
Their are two main drawbacks to this gadget - first it can only really handle small paperback size books, the screen ( slightly smaller even than a paperback) is just not large enough to handle anything bigger, so any hopes you have of it replacing large textbooks or graphic novels you should forget about it.
Secondly - and this is not Sony's fault - buying a new release novel for the reader costs exactly the same as the printed version despite the fact that your no longer paying for the physical format - I mean come on, with no printers costs something off the price shouldn't be too much to ask.
However what makes this little device worth its weight in gold and which will make you love it like you did your first ipod is how it lets you access and use all the thousands upon thousands of free and legal ebooks available online (for a great example see project Gutenberg with its staggeringly vast collection of out of copyright books).
This Sony Reader liberates this content, making it practical in a way just not possible before - with the same quality as printed paper, mammoth battery life, expandable memory (with SD cards), small size and light weight its an instant classic. Its the coming of age of many ideas and the start of something good.
It's also delightfully single minded – no iffy wifi or bluetooth, no dodgy video, no poor quality picture capturing. It just reads books and does it brilliantly. It’s a device I have used everyday since I bought it and with all the books on it, that without it I would have had to buy, it has now paid for itself.
Right, I'm off to read Jules Vern, then maybe some Austin - or should I go for Alexandre Dumas? or Dostoevsky? or Julius Ceasar? or Virgil? or......
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Robert S
10 August 2009
I have been using this device for two months now, here are some thoughts: Their are two main drawbacks to this gadget - first it can only really handle small paperback size books, the screen ( slightly smaller even than a paperback) is just not large enough to handle anything bigger, so any hopes you have of it replacing large textbooks or graphic novels you should forget about it. Secondly - and this is not Sony's fault - buying a new release novel for the reader costs exactly the same as the printed version despite the fact that your no longer paying for the physical format - I mean come on, with no printers costs something off the price shouldn't be too much to ask. However what makes this little device worth its weight in gold and which will make you love it like you did your first ipod is how it lets you access and use all the thousands upon thousands of free and legal ebooks available online (for a great example see project Gutenberg with its staggeringly vast collection of out of copyright books). This Sony Reader liberates this content, making it practical in a way just not possible before - with the same quality as printed paper, mammoth battery life, expandable memory (with SD cards), small size and light weight its an instant classic. Its the coming of age of many ideas and the start of something good. It's also delightfully single minded – no iffy wifi or bluetooth, no dodgy video, no poor quality picture capturing. It just reads books and does it brilliantly. It’s a device I have used everyday since I bought it and with all the books on it, that without it I would have had to buy, it has now paid for itself. Right, I'm off to read Jules Vern, then maybe some Austin - or should I go for Alexandre Dumas? or Dostoevsky? or Julius Ceasar? or Virgil? or......
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