
Well now the rest of the world has jumped onto the bandwagon since Amazon came out with their Kindle. I finally couldn't resist my desire to go back to my e-books. I did a lot of research and the one downside that I kept coming across was that none of the e-readers were backlit. Now that was a feature that I truly loved as reading myself to sleep without having to get up to turn the light out is a true luxury. And I didn't particularly want one with a touchscreen because I don't care for all the fingerprints on my screen. I finally settled on the Sony Pocket Reader 300. The reason that I decided on the Sony is that the Adobe Digital Editions was designed with Sony in mind. And well I get a lot of books from Net Gallery to review and they use that software for their DRM editions. Also with a Sony one can check out e-books from the library. How cool is that?
So far I have been very pleased. It is slightly larger then I prefer but I have a funny feeling that most people won't find this an issue and in fact would probably prefer it. I just remember my Clie fondly which was small and light enough that I would read in lines in the grocery store or DMV. With Calibre, a really nifty piece of software, I am able to download and enjoy all formats with the exception of kindle books. And I am loving all the free books that you can download from the various bookstores. In fact, at the bottom of the post I have included some links for ones I found today.
I rate this a 4.2.
Free books from Borders
Barnes and Noble
Kindle (yeah I read these on my phone)
Have a great day and brightest blessings!


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