Comments on: Two Weeks with a Sony PRS-700: Reading ePub and LRF http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/two-weeks-with-a-sony-prs-700-reading-epub-and-lrf/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brad Vertrees http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/two-weeks-with-a-sony-prs-700-reading-epub-and-lrf/comment-page-1/#comment-1072081 Brad Vertrees Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:47:41 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=22765#comment-1072081 I'm glad to hear that the PRS-700 was able to handle ePub with ease. That's a very promising sign. And that's how ebooks should be for the end-user - no notice of format, just a pleasant reading experience. Sony is scoring well ahead of Amazon, in my book, precisely because Sony opened up their readers to ePub, while Amazon has not. I’m glad to hear that the PRS-700 was able to handle ePub with ease. That’s a very promising sign. And that’s how ebooks should be for the end-user – no notice of format, just a pleasant reading experience.

Sony is scoring well ahead of Amazon, in my book, precisely because Sony opened up their readers to ePub, while Amazon has not.

]]> By: Liviu http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/two-weeks-with-a-sony-prs-700-reading-epub-and-lrf/comment-page-1/#comment-1072007 Liviu Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:10:27 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=22765#comment-1072007 Lrf books are faster, epub books are nicer. The differences are not large, but they are noticeable in the long run, on hundreds of books. Also lrf's are generally uniform in font (though that depends on how you do the conversion I guess), while for epub's I saw some variation (same comment as above) I used to prefer lrf's, but today I kind of take whatever and since I like to have the books simultaneously on the Touch and on the 700, I do not bother that much doing the lrf since I need the epub anyway. Lrf books are faster, epub books are nicer. The differences are not large, but they are noticeable in the long run, on hundreds of books. Also lrf’s are generally uniform in font (though that depends on how you do the conversion I guess), while for epub’s I saw some variation (same comment as above)

I used to prefer lrf’s, but today I kind of take whatever and since I like to have the books simultaneously on the Touch and on the 700, I do not bother that much doing the lrf since I need the epub anyway.

]]> By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/two-weeks-with-a-sony-prs-700-reading-epub-and-lrf/comment-page-1/#comment-1071949 Steve Jordan Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:50:27 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=22765#comment-1071949 <blockquote>I have read books in both formats, and not noticed any difference in the way the Reader handles ePub versus LRF-formatted books. From the point of view of the reader, they might as well be the same format.</blockquote> That's good to hear... it should be what every reader manufacturer is shooting for, a predictable experience no matter what format you started with.

I have read books in both formats, and not noticed any difference in the way the Reader handles ePub versus LRF-formatted books. From the point of view of the reader, they might as well be the same format.

That’s good to hear… it should be what every reader manufacturer is shooting for, a predictable experience no matter what format you started with.

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