UK Reader Store - Opening Spring!

[scanman01]

Lastest information from Sony is that the UK Reader Store is opening in the Spring.

For further information click on "Reader Store" on your eReader and a message will be displayed.

[Blencogo]

Thanks for the info scanman01 .......

.......... that is Spring 2012 I hope???

:smileylaugh::smileylaugh::smileylaugh:

[carpetmojo]

     Well, ummm, err......... ...That is UK spring, presumably ?

And the thing is, when exactly does spring start.... and how long does it last....:smileyconfused:

I'm not quite sure how it will differ from any other shop, to be honest. One would hope in price and choice.

And - hello, Sony ! -  hopefully there'll be lots of special offers at the beginning - and I don't mean free Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Austen, et al !

Perhaps lots of special offers all the time ??

[ZumbaChumba]

This is frankly a shambles.

I have a PRS-650 and want to buy a PRS-T1, but after seeing how well integrated the Kobo Touch is (for less money), it's really hard to choose Sony again.

Come on, almost every Sony product is let down by it's software, the reader is no exception to this.

How hard will it be to just partner with Kobo and use that on the device.

Sony your Reader division is an embarrassment....

[carpetmojo]

Kobo.... well, I don't think you'll get many manufacturers saying "OK, we admit it, we can't do software, a rival firm - who also sell a similar device in not direct competition to us, 'cos ours is better  - has better software, so we're going to use that on our device, so then you can use that. BUT please don't buy their device, 'cos that would be 'A Bad Thing' ".......

[And that's without dreaming up a figure that the licence would cost !]

Although, if you think about it, you can access Kobo if you're desperate to do so - shop at WH Smith !

[Which I believe is still supposed to be a "partner" of Sony ? Although I rarely use it, so that treasured endorsement may have changed....]

Good luck.

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[thomasn75]

Indeed. I remember my battles with sonic stage and sony connect on my mp3 players before I gave up and got a ipod. i have to say i love the prs-t1 and do use kobo and other sources for buying books. i dont find sonys slowness impeeding my enjoyment - I just accept that they cant do it. thats the great thing about an open format. can you imagine if amazon was telling us this and we could not go elsewhere to buy books.

[ZumbaChumba]

Sony (and everyone else) really need to up their game by joing forces.

I know full when what Sony Readers users will end up with, it will be a half-arsed poorly stocked overpriced store that is rubbish compared to Kobo, Google Books and Amazon's stores.

Kobo have long stated they are both platform and device agnostic.  They are happy to partner with anyone to sell content, even with a rebranded store (Like WHSmiths have done).  They have also demonstrated this, by allowing Kobo content to work just fine on the Sony (and even list the Sony as compatble devices on their site).

Right now, Kobo is the only company doing anything well.   I would say their storefront, product selection and pricing are the best out there, beating even Amazon's.

I really don't see Sony beating this.

And yes, I also suffered SonicStage (and Connect), and it was truely horrendous.  I also have a Sony Incar CD player bought a couple of years back, which is "walkman compatible", which only shows a maximum of 512 tracks on my new Walkman (but works find on my really old one), Sony UK tell me this is "how it is" and that my new walkman is "too new"....

[carpetmojo]

" Sony (and everyone else) really need to up their game by joing forces..........."

I believe that, to the more experienced , or perhaps more worldly Sony owner, is what might be classified, to use technical jargon, a pipedream....:smileylaugh:

Actually, my normal "accept and move on " attitude is frequently wiped out when waiting for the usual looong time when this site does anything - or you are told things are being worked on, which seems to happen a lot lately.

But, "try again later", all will be well .........................:smileyplain:

[Cymraes]

I have to say that now the Kobo site appears to accept my debit card, it's far less painful to download from than the WH Smith site ever was (even though it does appear to have a glitch that freezes everything if you click for more information on a book, and you can only shop for one book at a time).

That said, when my beloved PRS 650 finally gives up the ghost, I won't be replacing it with another Sony, simply because of the trauma the Sony software causes me ...

[keithd0831]

I quite agree with your comments.

A succession of broken promises from a company such as Sony is totally unacceptable.

One possibility would be for all of us that have paid good money for our readers should petition Sony for a full refund - we would then be free to make good the shameless treatment by purchasing a device that has the full range of facilities from day one.