Comments on: Buyer Beware: Before You Buy a Kindle, Sony, or other Ebook Reader

By: Sara Rosso

Sara Rosso — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:56:24 +0000

@Marc – It’s definitely not a paid review, it’s entertaining that you might think that. The article was also written more than 2 years ago when the newer models of the things you mentioned were not available. I still think investigating before buying a Kindle & Nook are really important for people who live outside of the US/Canada. Cheers!

By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:23:13 +0000

This sounds like a paid advertisement for iPad if you ask me. I smell money all over this article and wouldn’t listen to it for a second. I love apple, but they are a very closed loop system if you get my drift. You look at any “real” reviews on ebook readers you will see that the iPad does not come on top. Kindle or the new Nook look to be the front runners. I personally have the iPad , and I don’t like reading on it. The LCD screen is not a good back ground and neither is the new LED. Next time try to be a little less obvious about your personal bias, especially when they are paying you for it, when writing a review. Thanks for nothing.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:55:12 +0000

Hi Daniel, I had tried using a proxy server when wanting to hit the “purchase” (it was free for 2 days) button on Amazon.com. However, that did not work, either as it recognized that this way I had no cookies enabled.
Not sure how to purchase an ebook on Amazon when they don’t allow me purchase what appears to be available only from a particular geographical location. This was an ebook from a first-time author, not even a big brand title. I really don’t understand Amazon’s way of doing business.

By: Joette

Joette — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:00:51 +0000

You can also do it by just downloading them into your computer, and then copying them into the ereaders. The ereaders when attached to the computer show as another hard drive, and it’s a simple matter of copying the file into the reader in the correct folder.

It’s the only way I do my books now. I completley bypass the Sony Reader on my computer.

By: Joette

Joette — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:54:50 +0000

I’m all for the usb up the nostrils! Anything to always have something to read.

The Sony is also able to read all formats of e-books. And, you can create book lists in txt or doc format for those series that you need to read in order, and put them in the Sony reader to check which book is next after completing the last one.

Battery life is also great on the Sony, it lasts me weeks, and I read a lot.

By: Joette

Joette — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:50:51 +0000

The Sony is the better choice in my opinion. I had the original Sony, and before buying a new ereader, I bought and tried them all before settling on another Sony. The purchase grace period is wonderful for trying each one, then returning it if it doesn’t do as you wish.

The Sony read all the types, where-as the others didn’t read either one or another type. I also liked the fact that I could create txt files, or doc files to put in the ereader when a series of books needed to be read in order. I could create a list, copy it into the reader, and just glance at it when I was ready to start the next book in the series. The others either wouldn’t allow this, or in some limited kind of way.

I wanted another ereader that read all the formats, and was easy to download either free books, or ones I purchased, and that I could transfer to my daughter when I finished them.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:16:07 +0000

Just use torrents for book collections and voila, you can get thousands of books for free! (Disclaimer: I am not claiming anything about using torrents for illegal purposes, I heard that it was possible and that as long as you read only a small percentage of those books then that is ok…).

You can configure your local settings on your kindle for whatever country you happen to want to buy books from. It just means you have to register on each of the amazon country websites. Pain in the ass I know, but there are ways around it.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:19:01 +0000

I just don’t “get” it … I lived in Australia where I set up an Amazon account years ago. Now I live in Germany, and yesterday I wanted to take advantage of an offer where I was offered to download a Kindle ebook free of charge from Amazon (I don’t have a Kindle but thought I could install a Kindle reader on my PC?). When I logged in, everything looked familiar and the site language was English. The book was marked as $0.00 and I clicked the 1-click purchase button. But the next screen said that this book was unavailable for me and I should be going to Amazon.de (German based Amazon store) to look for books. What is that? What is the logic behind restricting people around the world to shopping only in those stores of their current physical location? That is limiting earnings and possibilities for the publisher, for Amazon and the reader! I have not much knowledge about ebook readers, kindles etc as I have been using PC’s since the mid 1990′s and I am involved in Internet marketing, but this whole ebook reader business is weird to me. Could someone enlighten me what this is all about? For example, why would anyone buy an ebook reader rather than a tablet PC with Kindle reader installed, as the latter does not restrict you to reading ebooks? How do you download ebooks to your Kindle device, via wifi broadband (provider in your country? Cost?) or can you download from your normal PC and copy over into your Kindle or Tablet PC with Kindle on it? You see…total newbie here when it comes to Kindle, not so much everything else Internet

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:13:54 +0000

I love books and I love reading books. I love the feel of a book and the clear text and being absorbed into another person’s world. I get the same thrill when I use the kindle from Amazon. It is just the same as reading a paperback. I have an ipad and tried it with that but the backlit screen environment leaves me too detached from the reading. I also wanted an ebook reader because I want all my books in digital format, and give me extra shelf space for my flat! I am happy I bought it and even happier to download “free” ebooks. I travel a lot and find that the kindle is the perfect travel companion.

I think the kindle is a great pleasure book reader but for anything heavier, like doing research or studying, I would give it a miss.

By: honesty

honesty — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:43:50 +0000

Right now I’m leaving this comment from my kindle and i dislike it. I cant download anything unless its from amazon, and i thought there wasn’t much of a difference but there is. Is anyone was to read this, DONT GET THE.KINDLE!!!!!! It takes your money and its a very limited product.