Comments on: Which is the Best Ebook Reader for Me?

By: TravisVS

TravisVS — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:09:38 +0000

Larry:

Here are the formats that the Kindle supports:
Kindle (AZW), TXT, Audible (Audible Enhanced (AA, AAX)), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; PDF, HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion.

Note: PDF, HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP are supported through conversion only! Meaning, you’ll need third party software (you can find some that are free) to convert the files.

The most common format for ebooks in libraries are MOBI and PDF.

The Sony supports MOBI and PDF natively (meaning you don’t to convert anything).

If you tell me what formats the ebooks are in that you’re interested in, I can give you a more concrete answer!

Thanks,

TravisVS
Site Admin

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:42:19 +0000

I’m a book reader but not a buyer and get all my books at the public library. The library tells me they are increasing the amount of e books they have. I can’t get answers from either SONY or Kindle about whether they are compatible with the various formats available for e books. In the stores, you get different answers about the same product and you can’t even see the Kindle in a store. So what do I do?

By: Addie

Addie — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:38:49 +0000

Hi,

Here’s what I know about the Amazon Kindle:

1. First of all, if you want to buy one and you live outside the US, you’d have to ask someone in the US to purchase it for you as it’s not yet available outside the country. As for using it, yes, you can still use it even without Sprint but you don’t have the option of downloading books “wirelessly.” What you do is just manually transfer content to your Kindle by downloading ebooks from the Web or from the Kindle store to your PC, and then transferring the books to your Kindle via USB.

2. The Kindle charger works fine for any voltage input from 100-240 volts. The USB cable also allows you to “trickle charge” your Kindle.

3. Yes, Amazon offers customer service through email or phone. And you don’t even need to sign in to your Amazon account to reach a Kindle representative.

Hope this helps, Perry!

By: perry

perry — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:58:34 +0000

How could I use it in Europe or other countries, as they don’t have sprint.
What about power, is it 110 and 220 volts so we could charge it in every country.
Does Amazon have live tech support or live sales reps
Hope you could email me the answer.