Looking for advice!

[allie_88]

Hi all,

I'm a young student from Melbourne Australia, and I'm currently trying to get my head around all the myriad possibilities of ereaders. There are so many! I wanted to see what people recommend for Aussies, given I think a lot of the companies dont sell here yet.

I'm really keen to get something with decent pdf capabilities, so I can store uni notes on it. It would also be good to be able to use a number of different formats, if possible. Also, student = poor, so some of the really pretty ones are a little out of my price range.

I've mostly been looking at the new Sonys, and the EZ reader, but I'm still open-minded about all the rest. So please give me your opinions!

Thanks in advance.

[fjtorres]

The reader hardware is the last thing you need to worry about.

First decide what you want to do with ebooks and *where* you're going to get the books.

Then you can decide how much *you* care about specific features like wireless, touchscreen, physical buttons and keyboard, dictionaries, search, note-taking & highlighting, TTS, typography overrides and customization, to say nothing of screen size, battery life and ergonomics.

I don't think nationality is likely to be the best discriminator for picking a reader that meets *your* needs but since it's your money you're the best suited to decide what matters to you and how much.

It's not that hard to draw up a weighted wishlist and then see how the existing commercial products stack up. You might even find it an educational experience.
(The methodology works for a lot of things in life.)

[neilmarr]

Good to have your company, Allie. Have you thought of the new Oz-released Kogan? Best wishes. Neil