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buba · 03-23-2007, 04:19 PM

Hi all,

My first post here

After reading this forum for the last couple of days, I still can't make a decision on which E-book reader should I buy. I would really appreciate if you can give me an advice.
The conditions are:
- I am a happy Powerbook G4 user. If e-book content requires conversion to some special format, there should be Mac / Unix tools for doing that. Not to mention connectivity, of course

- I think I will use e-book device mostly for reading non-ascii texts (Russian, e.g. http://www.lib.ru/INOFANT/BRADBURY/farengejt.txt) and technical HTML documentation (e.g. http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/docbook.html). HTML formatting and hyperlinks should be preserved (conversion to plain text is not acceptable).
- Good battery life

Would be nice:
- PDF support
- Searching in HTML documentation
- Nice design

And it should be available in Europe (Holland). Internet ordering from reliable source is acceptable too.

So many demands, so little choice

Any opinion?

Thanks in advance.

03-23-2007, 04:19 PM	#1
buba Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Netherlands Device: treo 650	E-book advice for a geeky Mac user :) Hi all, My first post here After reading this forum for the last couple of days, I still can't make a decision on which E-book reader should I buy. I would really appreciate if you can give me an advice. The conditions are: - I am a happy Powerbook G4 user. If e-book content requires conversion to some special format, there should be Mac / Unix tools for doing that. Not to mention connectivity, of course - I think I will use e-book device mostly for reading non-ascii texts (Russian, e.g. http://www.lib.ru/INOFANT/BRADBURY/farengejt.txt) and technical HTML documentation (e.g. http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/docbook.html). HTML formatting and hyperlinks should be preserved (conversion to plain text is not acceptable). - Good battery life Would be nice: - PDF support - Searching in HTML documentation - Nice design And it should be available in Europe (Holland). Internet ordering from reliable source is acceptable too. So many demands, so little choice Any opinion? Thanks in advance.