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By: AC

AC — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:45:37 +0000

I am waiting for a bigger screen device which is comfortable to read comics, tech books and magazines.

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By: Terance

Terance — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:54:11 +0000

I am NOT going to be getting the Kindle since it has been very limited compared to the US version. I am getting the Sony one for an xmas gift.

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By: Prip de Souza

Prip de Souza — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:05:48 +0000

I agree with Crimus entirely. At the price of $259.00 u.s. or thereabouts. why would anyone want to buy this gimmick. Also the cost of downloading new titles is prohibitive – could buy two paperbacks for the price of one download. I would only be interested in this if the price dropped considerably. Otherwise, I would continue to browse at a bookstore and buy paperbacks when available.

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By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:06:33 +0000

For many years, I had box after box of book collections – which got bigger and heavier each time I moved. As I get older I have got tired of “stuff” and have shifted to a smaller foot print. As I am an avid reader, the Sony Reader is a Godsend! I was surprised as to how quickly I adapted to this gadget. I love the fact that you can adjust the print size, and I even bought the light feature for night time reading. For me, I chose the SR over Kindle (after the big brother is watching you fiasco, where Orwell’s books were deleted from people’s Kindles). Also, another factor is the SD card slot where I can accumulate all the PDF ebook files that I want – plus swap with friends. People will have their opinions as to what best suits their needs – but for me, this is the future and besides, my future Grand kids will need some oxygen from the remaining trees left on the planet…

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By: zenzone

zenzone — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:40:42 +0000

If they make the Kindle fully accessable to the internet, not just ebooks and newspapers, I may consider it. A HD colour screen should be included for that price.

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By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:39:29 +0000

I have a sony book reader which i enjoy , i was holding off buying a kindle becaused they seemed to be taking forever to get to canada . I will always love paper back books but i do enjoy the eletronic version

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By: PirateKitty

PirateKitty — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:27:36 +0000

I think the Kindle looks like an updated Speak & Spell… (if you don’t know what that is, it’s not a good thing)

I have a Sony eReader and agree that most ebooks are overpriced. At this point at least 75% of the content I have for my Reader was free (Gutenberg, Google, Public Library, promos etc). One of my favorite features about the Sony is that it supports multiple file types. There’s no way I’m going to be shackled to any one retailer or file type.

I would like to see more international (especially Canadian) content available in ebook formats though…

And for all you paper-purists: I still buy regular books, when I want to keep the title forever, but being someone who enjoys all genres of writing I understand that some books make a good read but will not need to be re-read or referred to in the future, so why should I take up precious and limited shelf space for them? I already have hundreds of books and space is definately an issue.

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By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:40:31 +0000

I have the Sony EBook and I truly love that one better when I was looking around I tried out the Kindle and did not like it as much as the Sony EBook. Ever since I have had my EBook I have been reading much more. I think more people should buy them to read more.

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By: Corey

Corey — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:20:13 +0000

As an avid, some might even say voracious, reader I like the concept of the Kindle or other readers. And while there’s nothing I enjoy more than spending a few hours at a great bookstore, I also find it much easier to find books online, than trying to browse shelves for a specific title. And, there’s some days when you’ve read the last page of your last book, and you really don’t want to go to the store, but you need another read. However, I don’t like the the Kindle is ‘crippled’ for Canada, and the cost seems somewhat prohibitive. I’m anxious to see what the Apple iTablet looks like, as I suspect it will be a great reader as well as having full Internet functionality and ability to run Apple apps. For me that would be the perfect combination of functionalities.

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