- Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 47 reviews Back to product review
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User reviews
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4.0 stars
Pros: The screen and lettering is crisp and very easy on the eyes. Battery life is excellent. You can easily hold it with one hand to read and turn pages. It looks great with or without the holder.
Cons: eBooks are a bit costly. They should be considerably less if the paperback version of the book is out already in stores.
Summary: I checked out the new 700 series reader and f... read more
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5.0 stars
Pros: see below. not enough room
Cons: No touch screen. Although I did read the new one with a touch screen kinda stinks.
weird to turn off. You have to go through a few steps to shut it all the way down.Summary: Pros:Battery life: I've read 7 300 page books... read more
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1.0 stars
"Beware - very limited selection of ebooks available!"
Pros: lovely technology
Cons: there is an extremely limited choice of ebooks to download
Summary: There is an extremely limited selection of bo... read more
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3.0 stars
"Borders Now carries Sony Reader Books"
Pros: I'm still not 100% sold that Sony's version of their eBook Reader is the best. But i do know that you can get 100 free ebooks if you download sony reader for your desktop. These are all classics and a great start to reading.
Cons: It's unfortunate that the books have to be in sony format. Like mp3s - it ebook format should be the same regardless of the reader.
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2.0 stars
Pros: Screen is amazing. Device is well built and has a great form factor.
Cons: The Ebook store is a train wreck. Reading PDF files is horrible. Page turns are slow.
Summary: Save your money. Although this version of th... read more
Where to buy
Sony Reader Digital Book PRS-505 (silver):
$499.00
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Amazon.com Marketplace
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