Comments on: The Sony PRS-505 reader: My initial review http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/18/the-sony-prs-505-reader-my-initial-review/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:46:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alan Wallcraft http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/18/the-sony-prs-505-reader-my-initial-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1023131 Alan Wallcraft Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:07:49 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/18/the-sony-prs-505-reader-my-initial-review/#comment-1023131 Nice review. Something it does not cover is Secure Adobe PDF and ePub ebooks. These require a Windows PC (one time registration of the PRS-505) and then either a Windows PC or Mac to download the ebooks. Other ebook readers (and Stanza) will be getting this capability soon, but Sony is ahead of the pack. The same Adobe software on the PRS-505 reads DRM-free ePub and PDF (from any source). Unfortunately it reflows PDFs one page at a time, which can be annoying. Nice review. Something it does not cover is Secure Adobe PDF and ePub ebooks. These require a Windows PC (one time registration of the PRS-505) and then either a Windows PC or Mac to download the ebooks. Other ebook readers (and Stanza) will be getting this capability soon, but Sony is ahead of the pack.

The same Adobe software on the PRS-505 reads DRM-free ePub and PDF (from any source). Unfortunately it reflows PDFs one page at a time, which can be annoying.

]]> By: Amalthia http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/18/the-sony-prs-505-reader-my-initial-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1023119 Amalthia Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:57:18 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/18/the-sony-prs-505-reader-my-initial-review/#comment-1023119 For your RTF files I found that increasing the font size to 18-20 Arial helps with increasing the font to a readable level without having to magnify the text. I also edit the information in the properties field to add title and author information. For your RTF files I found that increasing the font size to 18-20 Arial helps with increasing the font to a readable level without having to magnify the text. I also edit the information in the properties field to add title and author information.

]]> By: Robert J. Sawyer http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/18/the-sony-prs-505-reader-my-initial-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1023062 Robert J. Sawyer Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:36:47 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/18/the-sony-prs-505-reader-my-initial-review/#comment-1023062 Great article -- thank you! As a fellow Canadian, I very much appreciated the perspective on buying the device here. I do wish Sony Canada offered the dark-blue 505 (we can only get the silver or red in Canada), and for me the big drawback of the 505 is that it doesn't have integrated dictionary lookup (the Kindle does have this, but, as you note, can't be bought in Canada). Like you (until recently), I have an eBookwise, but haven't turned it on in almost a year. Great article — thank you! As a fellow Canadian, I very much appreciated the perspective on buying the device here. I do wish Sony Canada offered the dark-blue 505 (we can only get the silver or red in Canada), and for me the big drawback of the 505 is that it doesn’t have integrated dictionary lookup (the Kindle does have this, but, as you note, can’t be bought in Canada). Like you (until recently), I have an eBookwise, but haven’t turned it on in almost a year.

]]> By: Christo http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/18/the-sony-prs-505-reader-my-initial-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1023047 Christo Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:46:57 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/18/the-sony-prs-505-reader-my-initial-review/#comment-1023047 A great account, thanks for posting this. I use my iPhone to read on (eReader/Stanza) all the time and this is fine for my purposes. I am unlikely at this stage to get a dedicated reader, but my I am interested in one for my Dad, and this detailed post covers most of the areas he would be concerned with. Thanks again. A great account, thanks for posting this. I use my iPhone to read on (eReader/Stanza) all the time and this is fine for my purposes. I am unlikely at this stage to get a dedicated reader, but my I am interested in one for my Dad, and this detailed post covers most of the areas he would be concerned with. Thanks again.

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