PRS-350 Sony PRS-350

kennyminot · 08-19-2011, 09:39 PM

So I can snatch a 6" touch edition for $100 at Borders during the final days of their closeout sale. How is this thing for reading *.pdf files? Is it a pain in the butt (like most e-ink readers)?

pidgeon92 · 08-19-2011, 11:58 PM

5" will be worse than 6", which is already godawful.

Agama · 08-20-2011, 06:18 AM

If it's a fairly simple text based PDF like a novel, (rather than a document with a complex layout), then the Sony readers do a reasonable job. Viewing a whole PDF page at a time is really too small, but once you zoom, the Sony PDF reader applies some reflow to the pages. The page header and footer are then not so separated from the main page text but it's not too bad. Maybe you can try your PDF on a friends reader.

One alternative, if you are familiar with ePub format, is to use calibre to convert to ePub and then hand tweak the initial result. Calibre doesn't do well with multicolumn PDFs at present but with something like a novel it will give you a good starting point.

08-19-2011, 09:39 PM	#1
kennyminot Groupie Posts: 183 Karma: 90022 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Louisville, KY Device: HTC EVO View 4G, HTC Wildfire S, Asus T91MT	Sony PRS-350 So I can snatch a 6" touch edition for $100 at Borders during the final days of their closeout sale. How is this thing for reading *.pdf files? Is it a pain in the butt (like most e-ink readers)?

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08-19-2011, 11:58 PM	#2
pidgeon92 Wizard Posts: 3,144 Karma: 8426142 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD	5" will be worse than 6", which is already godawful.

08-20-2011, 06:18 AM	#3
Agama Guru Posts: 776 Karma: 2751519 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK Device: PW2, Nexus7	If it's a fairly simple text based PDF like a novel, (rather than a document with a complex layout), then the Sony readers do a reasonable job. Viewing a whole PDF page at a time is really too small, but once you zoom, the Sony PDF reader applies some reflow to the pages. The page header and footer are then not so separated from the main page text but it's not too bad. Maybe you can try your PDF on a friends reader. One alternative, if you are familiar with ePub format, is to use calibre to convert to ePub and then hand tweak the initial result. Calibre doesn't do well with multicolumn PDFs at present but with something like a novel it will give you a good starting point.

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