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chuckz · 12-04-2011, 10:59 AM

Thank you all for your suggestions.

I might wait for the PB 611 that seems similar to PB 301 (no music which I don't need + WiFi which sounds attractive).

My concern is the software, since honestly I don't want to explore new systems - just to turn pages again. The Pocketbook firmware-software combination has suited me well.

All I do is prepare a book on PC (from scan or Internet - using Calibre to try and get the best format for a specific book in HTML, if it's a PDF - cutting the pages in half with A-PDFcut) and put it on the SD card through USB.

And the dictionaries (some self-made) - would they still be usable?

They still sell 301 on the German site (The Germans probably are as conservative as I am). But there is not delivery option for US.

I would take a look at Android-based readers, only all the PDF readers on my cellphone take forever to load pages.

On PB 301 it works much better, even in a large document. The font size is also adjustable. I am afraid they might have simplified all that in a new PB Basic as it often happens with streamlined models.

12-04-2011, 10:59 AM	#5
chuckz Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 10780 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: none	Thank you all for your suggestions. I might wait for the PB 611 that seems similar to PB 301 (no music which I don't need + WiFi which sounds attractive). My concern is the software, since honestly I don't want to explore new systems - just to turn pages again. The Pocketbook firmware-software combination has suited me well. All I do is prepare a book on PC (from scan or Internet - using Calibre to try and get the best format for a specific book in HTML, if it's a PDF - cutting the pages in half with A-PDFcut) and put it on the SD card through USB. And the dictionaries (some self-made) - would they still be usable? They still sell 301 on the German site (The Germans probably are as conservative as I am). But there is not delivery option for US. I would take a look at Android-based readers, only all the PDF readers on my cellphone take forever to load pages. On PB 301 it works much better, even in a large document. The font size is also adjustable. I am afraid they might have simplified all that in a new PB Basic as it often happens with streamlined models.