Why PDF Compatibility Doesn't Matter.

In the past couple 6 months, we have heard so many times how Kindle doesn’t support PDF ebooks and as such it’s useless. Now I have explained a few times here and there on this blog that Kindle is actually able to read your PDF books but of course you need to convert it to Amazon’s format (which can be done for free). So why am I talking about this issue again? Because it’s astounding that after almost a year that Kindle has been out, people are still claiming that the Sony Reader is comparable with the Amazon Kindle. You know, I wished I worked for Amazon and got paid for defending their product, but comparing Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle is like comparing Apples and Oranges at this point. A device that has no internet connection its own cannot be compared to a device that comes with lifetime internet connection. I don’t doubt that Sony Reader is well-designed, and it’s great that it supports PDF files. But in my experience, 95% of PDF books can be converted to the Amazon format. Besides, with the conversion service that Amazon provides, you can convert your ebooks to the Kindle format for free or as low as .10 a book (includes wireless delivery). Sony Reader may support PDF and have a slightly better design but that’s pretty much all that is going for it. So I would stick with my Kindle for now.