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Sony E Reader

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3.5 out of 5 stars 41 customer reviews
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  • Reader for Digital Books

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  • Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 17.5 x 0.8 cm ; 254 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 599 g
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  • Item model number: PRS505SC
  • ASIN: B000WPXQ2M
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 27 Oct. 2008
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 64,582 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

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Sony E Reader

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5.0 out of 5 starsNot just for reading books!
By Ceebs on 18 Oct. 2009
I was given my Ereader as a birthday present as I am an avid and very fast reader, especially when I'm on holiday, so it seemed the perfect present to lighten my load when travelling.

However, I have since found that my Ereader is far more versatile and has been time, money and space saving in other areas of my life as well.

What I haven't seen mentioned by other reviewers, and please forgive me if I have missed this in someone else's review, but I have found the Ereader a fantastic way of storing PDF and other Document files. As a very mature student, teacher and support co-ordinator, I have been able to store lots of research items, saving on printing costs and being able to bookmark pages has been really useful. I also have just bought a Blackberry and have put its manual on my Ereader for easy reference, rather than just saving it on my laptop or printing its many pages. The Ereader is much lighter and smaller to carry than my Laptop.

My Ereader goes everywhere with me and has probably already saved me its retail value by not having to print or photocopy so many pages.

I also use it to listen to audio books or music when I am having trouble sleeping or am travelling alone and don't want to be disturbed by fellow travellers. You can listen to music while reading, which is excellent on a flight if your mobile doesn't have "Flight mode" and you do not have or want to carry a separate MP3 player.

I have would have liked more typeface size options but this is probably nitpicking. I was given a cover with integral light and both Ereader and Light have survived me dropping them when I have fallen asleep reading.

My husband is also happy as he is not disturbed by me having a bedside light on to read or the sound of turning pages.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLovin' it
By Clare VINE VOICE on 21 Mar. 2009
I umm'd and ahh'd for ages before buying my e-reader but haven't regretted it for a minute.

It is easy to use (I hate the e library software that comes with it and most often just copy and paste books to my SD card/reader itself rather than use the software.) offering you several options to find the books you want including by date added (my fav option), by author (it does sort by first name which is a bit daft), by collections which you can customise to your favs and more. You can play music while you read on it (although you have to use earphones (not included.) It has a picture viewer for photos but the graphics aren't that good and I wouldn't bother using it for that.

You can change the font size of books which is helpful but can sometimes leave you with lots of words with hyphens in the middle where they were at the end of a line but now aren't (a small annoyance) changing font size does mean that when you initially open the book it will take longer to load and will run down your battery faster.

You get a USB cord to charge from your computer with it, this takes 4 hours and you can't read anything when you're charging it. You can buy a charger separately and I don't regret that I did, it charges in 2 hours and lets you read from mains power if you want.

If you're an avid reader you'll probably find like me that you fill your readers memory very fast but you can have either/both an SD card and Sony memory stick to hold extra books.

There aren't tons of places to get ebooks in the UK yet and I have struggled to get a couple I want but more and more places are coming on board including waterstones, whsmiths and I buy from some American websites like booksonboard too.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsGood read
By I. D. Watson on 11 Jan. 2010
I finally succumbed to getting an e-reader after looking at reviews of the current models and trying those out already owned by friends. Eventually I opted for this Sony PRS505, not because it is the latest model but it has a quality look and feel the others lack. Built from aluminium and chrome, the casing is robust enough for travel and has slots on the top for SD cards or memory sticks to expand storage up to 16 gigabytes...enough for a small library in the pocket in a device which is smaller than a single DVD case.

The six inch E-Ink screen is a revelation and the black text on a non-reflective white background is remarkably clear and easy on the eyes. Once the e-reader is charged with the supplied USB cable the battery should last for weeks (over 6000 pages) of intensive reading. I found the navigation of the device using the side and bottom buttons to be very intuitive but be aware that the display flashes as each page changes, which is a feature of the technology. The e-reader is also supplied with a padded magnetic case which protects the body and screen but is secured by two fragile plastic hinges so a more robust case may be needed in future.

The supplied Sony Reader Library software is best downloaded from the Sony site (currently version 3.1) and I also use Calibre e-book management software which can convert files between standards e.g. PDF to EPUB. The quirky indexing of books by author on this Sony is by first name, so Bram Stoker appears before Charles Dickens! Downloading books to the e-reader is a matter of saving the book and document files in EPUB, PDF, RTF or BBeB on your computer then dragging and dropping them on the device as it appears in the library software, similar to loading an MP3 player with music files.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

Condition and appearance very good as described. But I am having difficulty in downloading ebooks onto it.

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Published on 26 May 2013 by dave
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent

My previous Sony E Reader broke after several years use when I accidentally leant on the screen. I borrowed my wife's Kobo for a while but did not get on with the touch screen and... Read more

Published on 7 May 2013 by Roger Howard
3.0 out of 5 starsnot so good

It was damaged when it came and was not new as the instructions had been written But i got a small refund so not to bad but not greatest of deals

Published on 3 Dec. 2012 by bob
1.0 out of 5 starsExpensive doorstop

I am something of an ereader junky. I have three.

The Sony PRS 505 was the first, the most expensive, and the worst. Read more

Published on 29 Aug. 2012 by Tony

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