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Originally Posted by photon
In that case I'd prefer a reader without a honking keyboard that I'll never use. The screens are the same (Unless you get the Touch version of the Sony, the screen has a layer over it for the touch and makes the screen blurry).
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Originally Posted by kermitology
I really don't like the qwerty on the bottom of the kindle, plus I'm not as much interested in buying books as I am getting eBooks from the library as a method of loading the books, which makes the Sony Reader the better option. I will probably buy eBooks but aren't there more sources than just the Amazon book store on the kindle? There have to be.
And yeah, I really need to know what the iPad is like as a reader.
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I'll be honest, my justification for choosing the Kindle over the Sony was because I knew next to nothing about the Sony reader. But after taking a brief look at it there are things that are an advantage, like google books and the whole ePub format and having more than once source for books. I would hope you could also use the new iBook Store from Apple with the Sony reader. The smaller form factor is nicer too. Although to play devils advocate the keyboard kind of makes sense on the Kindle since it is the primary source of finding books. But I agree that it is ugly to have on the device itself.
So kerms, how does the e-library work? Do they only have a certain amount of digital copies that can be lent out one at a time like a traditional book? Does the book expire on your reader on it's own or when you plug it back into your computer?