delving into ebook readers

[Aaron Doucette]

I have a sony e-reader. It was one of the highly regarded models back in
the day. It WILL read PDF (and many other formats), but it does a terrible
job. While the speed has likely improved, the reality of reading manuals
(or anything else) on a 6" screen (the norm) are the real limiting factor.
Monochrome aside, a few inches does make a difference.

Aside from the screen emulating paper, and battery life, there is nothing
these do that a tablet won't do better, and faster.

Also, I get the "I don't want all that extra stuff, I just want a device to
read off of" argument, but the reality is that tablets are insanely useful
devices. The features are there when you want them, and can be ignored when
you don't. Spending $100+ on a single purpose device that does the job
poorly is not a good use of money, in my opinion.

aaron

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Neil Watson <tlug-neil-8agRmHhQ+n2CxnSzwYWP7Q at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> It occurs to me that an ebook reader might be a good choice for me to
> read PDF technical manuals while commuting.  I've avoided these devices
> completely in the past due to the DRM issues.
>
> What kind of reader can I get that can read PDF's and ebooks from my
> local library?
>
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