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For those who don’t know I write Erotic Romance as Victoria Blisse, this also means I sometimes read it. I write reviews and sometimes I just read for pleasure. The problem with that is that my... more

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Rating Summary based on 17 reviews

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  • 25 of 25 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Cat199

    4 Stars Books without paper. 30/06/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Small, lightweight, ideal for travel, capacity to store many books

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Availability of reader, availability of books

    It was my husband, a huge fan of both literature and technology that first made me aware of the e-book and in particular of the Sony Reader. Unlike me, he tends to think hard about his purchases in advance and so there were many conversations (well not really conversations as that would assume my participation) around the virtues of this product before he actually decided to take the plunge and get one. I am by no means a prolific reader and my literary tastes are not as high brow as his, but I do appreciate books. I like to see books lined up on a shelf and I am fascinated by old books in ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 bamamo

    Member since 20/02/2008

    Reviews written: 213

    5 Stars Read all about it! 17/11/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Lightweight, easy to use, excellent battery life

    Disadvantages Disadvantages You will be interrupted from reading to answer a lot of questions!

    I'm sure by now a lot of you will be familiar with eBook readers, an electronic device designed to, for all intents and purposes, act just like a real book. And I'm sure a lot of you think the idea is absolutely ludicrous, that there is no need to make something such as a book, which obviously has stood the test of time just fine as it is, electronic. Well a couple of months ago I decided to splash out on one, having managed to pick up the old model (pictured, only mine is a sexy red!) on sale from John Lewis for £150, as the new touch-screen version was coming out. The new version, I should ... more
  • 8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    VickyVickster

    5 Stars Great for reading 27/10/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages light, easy to use, environmentally friendly, saves space on my bookshelf

    Disadvantages Disadvantages no backlight, no new book smell.

    For those who don’t know I write Erotic Romance as Victoria Blisse, this also means I sometimes read it. I write reviews and sometimes I just read for pleasure. The problem with that is that my house is stuffed to the gills with all kinds of books and I’m not a fan of reading on a computer, it’s not comfortable. Enter the Sony E-reader, purchased with my royalty money. At the time I picked my baby up for a very reasonable £149 from Play.com, it was on offer at the time and a very good offer too. You’re looking at £234 to buy it now. It’s the size of a small, thin book and it weighs about the ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Higgo21

    5 Stars Easily my favourite impulse buy 26/03/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Battery life, ease of use, very light, looks good, does exactly what is needed

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Ebook market still very new, customers outside US not able to access google books

    I am extremely prone to the impulse buy and when I saw the PRS-505 on sale in September I could not help myself and spent quite a substantial amount of money on it. Have I ever regretted this? Not for a second! If you don't read books often I think it is fair to say that spending £150+ on a device to read books when you still need to purchase the actual books is not going to be the wisest decision. However if you are like me and read at least 1-2 hours per day and often commute then I feel you should read on and discover why I simply cannot see myself going back to traditional methods. When I ... more
  • 31 of 31 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 katie22008m

    Member since 14/02/2008

    Reviews written: 256

    4 Stars Sony e reader 05/11/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages lightweight

    Disadvantages Disadvantages not cheap

    **** Sony E Reader **** I really enjoy reading but somehow my suitcase always ends up really heavy so when i saw that my local Waterstones had some in stock i decided to purchase one.At 199 quid its not cheap but i felt i could easily spend that on buying the books alone. **What is it?** Basically it is an electronic device that you can store books on.The memory size you get with it holds up to 160 books but there is also slots for you to add extra memory if needed,not that you would need it. **Pros** One of the best things about this is that you do not have to carry loads of books around with ... more

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Product Details

Series Sony Portable Reader
Model PRS-505
System / Handheld Type eBook Reader
OS Provided / Type Linux
Display / Diagonal Size 6-inch

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  • E1n1no 16/9/2009 17:55:10

    What website is the best to order ebooks from?

    Please may you only mention sites which are based in UK have ebooks in the EPub format and have good prices.

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