Re: [tlug] [OT] eBooks

[Alan Busby <thebusby@example.com>]

I just thought I'd toss out the evil (I guess) Kindle. I believe they're starting to sell internationally now too. 

> It's the DRM that's worrying me a little. Am I right in assuming that I'm

> going to have to use proprietary software (read: Windows software) to
> transfer any eBooks I download onto the eReader?

Connects via USB as a mass storage controller to anything, and takes unencrypted books from a number of sources. Nice thing with the Kindle is beyond Amazon.com, just about every online book publisher supports it. I looked at the 505 for 6 months before the Kindle came out, but I wouldn't trust anything Sony puts out for a number of reasons.

Easily the best purchase I've made in the last five years, and I'd give up my cellphone before my Kindle. I've had mine since release, Dec/2007; and use it 10-20 hours per week. I have the small Gen1, and heard good things about the Gen2, but I've heard bad things about the giant DX one.