My Nook isn’t perfect. It cost 50.00 more than your Sony Pocket which at 200.00 is a little high for what your getting (no wireless, and smaller memory). The Nook is priced at 250.00, which is also a tad high for what I got even with their new software update. It holds a lot more books, but lacks decent file management.

I hope you enjoy your new toy. I haven’t quite found the perfect ereader yet, but I’m convinced it’s out there. It’s in my head at least.

You also nailed what’s wrong – there you were ready to buy, wanting to buy – it should be easier to buy! Especially collections or series.

Why do I have to be on an approved system with Sony software installed to buy and download something? That's rather limiting. If I'm on vacation and want a book, I can't just plug in at an internet café.

You can if you buy it from Samhain.

Just sayin’.

Also, I see a need for them to rethink the way they’re putting manga together. They should be able to produce a volume that consumes 40% of the space the one I bought did, be clearer and cleaner, and allow zooming.

I’d like to be able to buy from them, but I hope they address these issues.

Miki, thanks for the tip on the leather covers! Although if Anne develops one, I think I might get a cloth one. ^__^

Uh oh, I see Anne D’s got some ideas :) I forgot to go check your new designs *off to etsy*

I don't want installation instructions that fold open like a road map.

Word. I really hate that.

You can actually see the dialogue in the lower right, though in this photo it’s a little blurred because of my lack of skills with the dh’s camera.

hrrmmmm… SD card slots/holders.

I wonder….

Yes, you could do it :P

RL was causing issues the second half of last year. I do have a couple of manga reviews I’m working on now. :)

Does anyone have information whether Europeans can pay with European credit cards at those ebook stores, though? I want to read in English :P, not in German.

P.S. And while I’m at it: more manga reviews, please!! You vanished from the face of the DA with those. In case of rl taking over, please disregard the P.S. ^-^

I wonder….

Seriously though, once I figured out how to turn it on, there wasn’t anything to set up. It comes with it all ready to go. I only had to install the ebook software on my computer and I was ready to start adding books. It couldn’t get much easier. (I just wish I hadn’t had to read that stupid map to find that out.)

1. Install calibre. (You may or may not need Python installed. Try it without it.)

2. Then, rename the zip to a .cbz extension (if you use rar, rename it to .cbr).

3. Add the .cbz/.cbr file to your books in calibre.

4. Under the Convert dropdown, you may want to adjust Defaults for Comics. I chose to Keep the aspect ratio (you’ll want this), wide, and landscape (this keeps two page spreads as two page, so you may not want it). Most choices depend on how your scans look. If something comes out crappy you can try to sharpen or despeckle etc.

5. Highlight it and click convert.

6. Send the resulting LRF file to your reader.

The LRFs for volumes have been 10-20 MB for zip files that are 60-80 Mb in size so it’s a great space saver. I wish I could show you how great those scans look on my eReader, but I have no camera, sorry. :( They’re extremely crisp and clear though, as good as they look on my laptop.