Magazines?

JGB · 09-20-2008, 05:45 PM

Do you read magazines?
I have a few in .pdf, but I can't zoom on them?

at least not enough to make them legible.
Any suggestions or should I just abandon them until a later generation of readers?

mcramer · 09-20-2008, 07:33 PM

I'd say the latter. I've not found the 505 conducive to PDF's other than pure text (and even that's been a recent development)

Luckily I read 100% fiction on mine and it's splendid for that

C6REW · 09-21-2008, 02:38 AM

Hi JGB,

I found exactly the same. One of the things I wanted to do was read some photography magazines. The direct pdf is pointless and the conversions mean I am missing the photographs and sometimes with one word per line!

So I have as mcramer suggested abandoned all hope for the Sony being able to do this. I currently have a Samsung Q1 tablet pc and will continue to use this for pdf's if necessary.

Best regards

Chris

tgharold · 09-21-2008, 09:30 PM

I doubt that reading magazines will be simple until the magazine publishers get on board and publish with the device size in mind.

RWood · 09-21-2008, 09:50 PM

Fictionwise offers several magazines in LRF format for the Sony. Titles like Analog.

Calibre has a series of routines that allow you to download directly from many magazines and create LRF files. This is great if the magazine you want is among those freely available on web sites.

Since you already have the the PDF copies of the magazines and they are not the text oriented ones in the two examples above, try PDF read for conversion of the PDFs for reading on the Sony. It is the best product I have found.

Good luck.

09-20-2008, 05:45 PM	#1
JGB Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 1010000 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: PRS505	Magazines? Do you read magazines? I have a few in .pdf, but I can't zoom on them? at least not enough to make them legible. Any suggestions or should I just abandon them until a later generation of readers?

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09-20-2008, 07:33 PM	#2
mcramer Kiwi reader Posts: 107 Karma: 349 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Device: iPad, iPhone	I'd say the latter. I've not found the 505 conducive to PDF's other than pure text (and even that's been a recent development) Luckily I read 100% fiction on mine and it's splendid for that

09-21-2008, 02:38 AM	#3
C6REW Connoisseur Posts: 91 Karma: 83 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Devizes, Wiltshire, UK Device: PRS-505, PRS-600, Kindle Voyage, Kindle Oasis 1	Hi JGB, I found exactly the same. One of the things I wanted to do was read some photography magazines. The direct pdf is pointless and the conversions mean I am missing the photographs and sometimes with one word per line! So I have as mcramer suggested abandoned all hope for the Sony being able to do this. I currently have a Samsung Q1 tablet pc and will continue to use this for pdf's if necessary. Best regards Chris

09-21-2008, 09:30 PM	#4
tgharold Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	I doubt that reading magazines will be simple until the magazine publishers get on board and publish with the device size in mind.

09-21-2008, 09:50 PM	#5
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Fictionwise offers several magazines in LRF format for the Sony. Titles like Analog. Calibre has a series of routines that allow you to download directly from many magazines and create LRF files. This is great if the magazine you want is among those freely available on web sites. Since you already have the the PDF copies of the magazines and they are not the text oriented ones in the two examples above, try PDF read for conversion of the PDFs for reading on the Sony. It is the best product I have found. Good luck.

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