The Sony Electronic Reader a Valuable Tool for Space-Saving and Downsizing

My husband and I just sold a big house in Natchitoches, Louisiana to move into a smaller home there as well as to an apartment in Portland, Oregon. As snowbirds we have to maximize small spaces. The SONY Reader was the solution..

Product reviews of the Sony Reader discuss its specific features, including its storage capacity and the fact it allows readers to enjoy pictures and music while reading. But it serves a great need for seniors: to downsize one's cadre of books by having them available online and on a device one can hold in the hands.

The SONY Reader Touch Edition PRS 600 allows the reader to download books from an online bookstore and also from Google where a great variety of classics are stored. Many of these classics are free. For those who love Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes stories, Agatha Christie and the entire Old and New Testament of the Bible, the SONY reader has all lthe space anyone needs for that and a whole lot more. This means there are fewer old books to take up bookshelf space, leaving room for the ocassional paper edition of a new and interesting book. Or one can be paperless entirely and have all of one's books on a Reader, because unlike what folk's bias might be about savoring a book in one's hand, the SONY Touch allows reading in the old-fashioned, delicious way. One can "turn" a page by a simply move of the fingers and keep track of where the reader has ended at any time pages are turned.

For those who need storage for personal documents, the SONY reader provides storage as well, with expandable slots which allows the SONY Reader to maximize use in that way. Because it has compatibility for pdf files and Word files that can be changed into pdf for downloading into the Reader, the user can store self-created documents as well as files from others that are accessible with a wave of the hand. It helps keep important files handy for that all-important meeting where one might need to take one's notes or that critical letter that has to be reviewed before sending. Paper clutter can be minimized by using the extra storage available on the Reader.

Many readers like to savor a few books at a time, then have trouble keeping track of the location of certain facts in each one. The SONY Reader automatically tracks what books are being read along with the page the user is reading as well. These are automatically bookmarked so the reader can continue reading just where he or she left off. Gone is the need for special devices like bookmarks and magnifiers for people who need special help. The SONY Reader not only bookmarks locations but enlarges the type according to the visual needs of the reader.

So for seniors for whom space is important, and for those who have limited space and want reading material accessible anywhere, the SONY Reader is a handy device, useful for many things. Those who are forced to downsize due to retirement or economics, the SONY Reader allows folks to have the joy of reading anywhere in the palm of a hand without all the clutter and space.