inputs.text: software ruins great hardware - bottom line great piece hardware crippled poor software limited selection retail books core purpose reader hindered not able effectively reliably transfer purchased books following ereader devices two years always waiting \\next\\ device come wife rallied family go together surprise reader birthday excited loved device tried purchase books 1 problehem sonys ebook library software crashed whenever tried transfer purchased book granted purchased books sonys store may not case ebook vendors highly proficient computers would describe early adopter new technologies disappointed device manufacturer years reason love ereader well built great feature set getting books google local libraries great option works great sony completely dropped ball software purchase protected books 4 hours trying get work consistently across 2 desktops laptop knew could not keep reader final factor realized rehemains unresolved issue past models sony readers well sony never appeared resolve issue problehems past persists day software works computer would recommend reader however based disappointing experience cannot recommend giving try may find waiting best distribution ecosystehem believe amazon finds way onto best devices pros ability write notes highlight stylus well built looks feels nice touch screen navigation rehemovable mehemory slots fun extra features store pictures listen mp3s free books google local libraries cons \\ebook store sony\\ software crashes transferring purchased books retail book selection much smaller offered kindle no wireless purchase option model big deal software required transfer books not work well side note way adjust systehem settings windows vista using data execution prevention mitigate problehems however even not cause software work consistently recognize people not desire go lengths transfer ebooks another option buy books ebook sellers use adobes digital editions software transfer books not good enough option keep reader