Sony rolls out EPUB content, makes B&N nook transition easy and international

Readers here know I have my B&N Nook (see my initial hands-on and am very happy with it for several reasons. I wrote about the ability to load up and read all of my Fictionwise, eReader, Shortcovers, and public library content. I now have great news for those Sony Reader owners who are thinking about picking up a B&N nook, but don't want to lose all of their Sony Reader content. I have over 150 books on my Sony Reader 505 and today Sony launched new PC/Mac clients (renamed the eBook Store from Sony to the Reader Store) for managing your content and converted most all of their titles to the standard EPUB format. While this is EXCELLENT for people like me who have lots of purchased Sony Reader content, another part of this story is that people in Canada, the UK, and a few other countries can simply buy books from the Sony Reader Store and transfer them quickly to your nook with your PC or Mac.