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Posted by Graham Rhind
Jan 25, 2011 at 07:10 AM
Dan,
I would never buy any product that locks me into one supplier, so that’s an Apple or Amazon product out for a start!
I use two e-Readers:
- Sony Reader PRS 350 which is:
—lightweight
—very thin
—battery lasts forever
—e-ink
—seems very easy to read
—allows pdf rendition and annotation, though I don’t know how well as I haven’t tried that yet
- iRex 1000, which is great on the pdf side but is a monster to carry around, and iRex are bankrupt, so probably not the best path to follow.
For the “purchasing books on the fly no matter where I am, every time I finish a novel” you might consider the BeBook Neo, which was the one I considered before buying the Sony. It has wi-fi and a browser so you have internet access to any online e-book store. It’s bigger than the Sony, though, and in the end I decided I preferred a reader that was small and mobile above the extra possibilities of the BeBook.
Graham
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 25, 2011 at 02:04 PM
Just wondering why no one ever suggests the Barnes & Noble e-reader, NOOK. I don’t have an e-reader, but if I were to get one, I think the NOOK would be high on my list. It doesn’t lock you into a format, it provides web access through wifi, the price is good, and the NOOKStudy which was previously mentioned looks like a nice way to annotate PDFs.
I’m just curious at the lack of enthusiasm I see for the NOOK.
Steve
Posted by Graham Rhind
Jan 25, 2011 at 03:01 PM
But it does tie you to one country. As I understand it I can’t buy the Nook or any products from bn.com if I am outside the USA. Ergo.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 25, 2011 at 03:21 PM
Graham Rhind wrote:
>But it does tie you to one country. As I understand it I can’t buy the Nook or any products
>from bn.com if I am outside the USA. Ergo.
How unreasonable of you, Graham! (winking smiley face thing that indicates I’m joking).
Steve
Posted by dan7000
Jan 25, 2011 at 06:19 PM
Graham Rhind wrote:
>Dan,
>
>I would never buy any product that locks me into one supplier, so that’s an Apple
>or Amazon product out for a start!
>
>I use two e-Readers:
>
>- Sony Reader PRS 350 which
>is:
>—lightweight
>—very thin
>—battery lasts forever
>—e-ink
>—seems very
>easy to read
>—allows pdf rendition and annotation, though I don’t know how well as I
>haven’t tried that yet
>
>- iRex 1000, which is great on the pdf side but is a monster to
>carry around, and iRex are bankrupt, so probably not the best path to follow.
>
>For the
>“purchasing books on the fly no matter where I am, every time I finish a novel” you might
>consider the BeBook Neo, which was the one I considered before buying the Sony. It has
>wi-fi and a browser so you have internet access to any online e-book store. It’s bigger
>than the Sony, though, and in the end I decided I preferred a reader that was small and
>mobile above the extra possibilities of the BeBook.
>
>Graham
>
Graham, Thanks for the great suggestions. It looks like the BeBook does not provide any way to copy your notes or annotations back to a computer. The Sony looks like it might be right for me (except for the price). Most reviews rave about the PDF support and it also displays Word files.