If a book was published before 1923 and it ’s at all worth reading , there ’s a pretty estimable chance that you ’ll shortly be able to download it to your Sony readerfor free .
Sony is partner with Google to offer a half - million public domain titles — already usable to microcomputer users onGoogle Book — to their library , making their assembling the largest available for any eBook data formatting , include the Kindle ’s . Google ’s donation here , beyond scanning the books in the first place , was to win over the textual matter to the undefendable ePub eBook format , which allows for proper lineation and data formatting — something that PDFs ca n’t always offer .
This does n’t drastically change the Sony PRS v. Kindle moral force , it could facilitate Sony ’s lector appeal to a certain peculiar kind of luddite : the one who is somehow fine with eBooks , but for whom contemporary fabrication and fancy “ Whispernet ” technologies , “ nice screen ” and “ magazine subscription ” are just a little too modern . This person may or may not live . [ NYT ]
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