Dirty PDFs and the Kindle

Austin · 03-25-2008, 04:59 PM

Hey guys.

First time post. I'm a grad student at Southern Methodist University in the English Department. My department was given a grant to determine how useful e-reader technology was in the classroom. I've had time now with a Sony PRS-505 and an Amazon Kindle. I'm almost sold on calling the Kindle the more useful of the two machines, but I've hit a snag.

The .pdf files my professors have assigned--the ones I'm most likely to use an e-reader for--are not clean at all. They're usually the professor's personal book, scanned into a computer with scribbles and all. As such, they don't work well with Amazon's e-mail service. I loved using PDF2LRF to scan docs into my Sony Reader. There doesn't seem to be an equivalent program for Kindle's format. Is anyone working on this? In order to recommend this machine wholeheartedly, I've got to have a user-friendly interface that can make PDFs readable as images, not text.

Thanks!

Taylor514ce · 03-25-2008, 05:03 PM

For a classroom environment I would think the Irex Iliad would be the better choice. It isn't merely a Reader, it's more like "active paper" as it allows annotations and note-taking, as well.

bwaldron · 03-25-2008, 06:30 PM

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badgoodDeb · 03-25-2008, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

For a classroom environment I would think the Irex Iliad would be the better choice. It isn't merely a Reader, it's more like "active paper" as it allows annotations and note-taking, as well.

And, its larger screen handles paper-sized PDFs better, I understand. If you could start with PDFs that were created for a Kindle's screen size, you'd do better. But that pretty much requires having the original electronic content, and being in charge of the PDF creation.

dugbug · 03-26-2008, 02:32 PM

I think the illiad is the best for what you are doing, bar none.

spirits · 03-26-2008, 10:47 PM

I was tricked into this post.

Thought you were gonna put "dirty PDFs" into the Kindle & create a topic about it.

03-25-2008, 04:59 PM	#1
Austin Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle, Sony PRS-505	Dirty PDFs and the Kindle Hey guys. First time post. I'm a grad student at Southern Methodist University in the English Department. My department was given a grant to determine how useful e-reader technology was in the classroom. I've had time now with a Sony PRS-505 and an Amazon Kindle. I'm almost sold on calling the Kindle the more useful of the two machines, but I've hit a snag. The .pdf files my professors have assigned--the ones I'm most likely to use an e-reader for--are not clean at all. They're usually the professor's personal book, scanned into a computer with scribbles and all. As such, they don't work well with Amazon's e-mail service. I loved using PDF2LRF to scan docs into my Sony Reader. There doesn't seem to be an equivalent program for Kindle's format. Is anyone working on this? In order to recommend this machine wholeheartedly, I've got to have a user-friendly interface that can make PDFs readable as images, not text. Thanks!

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Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	For a classroom environment I would think the Irex Iliad would be the better choice. It isn't merely a Reader, it's more like "active paper" as it allows annotations and note-taking, as well.

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bwaldron Wizard Posts: 1,229 Karma: 543210 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gatlinburg, Tennessee Device: Kindles: Paperwhite Signature Ed., Oasis 2, Voyage	Deleted.

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dugbug Addict Posts: 206 Karma: 1723 Join Date: May 2006 Device: Kindle	I think the illiad is the best for what you are doing, bar none.

03-26-2008, 10:47 PM	#6
spirits Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 321 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kindle	I was tricked into this post. Thought you were gonna put "dirty PDFs" into the Kindle & create a topic about it.