02-09-2008, 11:43 PM | #46 |
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If I understand correctly, what the FBReader developers object to is that RAR archiving is not open source. So unrar will decode rar archives, but there is no way to create a rar archive using open source code.
One of the better features of open source projects is that they are free not to support anything they don't want to. This is sometimes frustrating for users, but on balance it is a good thing. |
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Hi All,
I am a brand newy to all this ereader stuff and understand very little (Very impressive compelation of other ereader, but went straight over my head). I am in Australia and at the moment the only ereader that i can find is the irex iLiad 2nd ed which can be posted from the US (this is roughly the same price for me to buy the 1st here in oz so i was just going straight for the 2nd ed). I was just wondering about people's thoughts on the ease of use of the iLiad, eg getting stuff from net to reader (is it through a computer?) and the battery life. Whilst it is still a little pricey, i am willing to pay due the the fact that i am an avid reader and i have just strated a new job with lots of travelling and pdf's to read. Are the pdf's, especially scientific papers easy to read on the iLiad? Thanks for any help. Cheers novice |
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If PDFs are important to you, then yes, the iLiad is the best choice to make. If you want to read fiction, you can do so for a lot less money with the CyBook Gen3, or the Sony Reader.
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Dymocks sells the Iliad, and I assume this is the 2nd edition, see Iliad now available from Dymocks $899 Aus. |
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ok, so i have a bit more choice now
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The main thing the reader is for is fiction, with PDF being a second (although a close second). And with being a second, the price difference between the iLiad and the others becomes larger. Does anybody know how well the Cybook or the Sony reader go in viewing PDFs, are they good, passable or not good? Also the other readers of the CyBook and the Sony reader, they say they take mobipocket format ebooks. Does this mean that any ebook store online that says a book is in mobipocket format can be used and read on these devices. When i was looking up the Sony reader i thought it said that the only books that could be read on it were from the sony online bookshop and then the bookshop said was only downloadable in the US. though i may be wrong Thanks for all the help |
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But there are EASY ways of converting from Mobipocket and MS Reader into LRF that the 500/505 can display
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thanks all
I have had a look, and i have decided on the CyBook (Thanks Harry). I have ordered it today so will be here in a coulpe of weeks. Are you able to tell me if the Cybooks are able to take all the formats on fictionwise; and if not, which ones do i avoid when buying. Cheers |
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With FictionWise multi-format books you get all the formats for one price, and can download a different format later if you get a new reading device. If you want simplicity, then only buy multi-format or Secure MobiPocket e-books for your Cybook. Download the .PRC (MobiPocket) version of multi-format e-books. It is also possible to buy Secure Microsoft Reader (LIT) e-books, if you have a Windows PC, and convert them to DRM-free MOBI (where format shifting a DRM protected file is legal). If an e-book is only available in eReader format, this can probably be converted to DRM-free MOBI too - but the longest and best track record belongs to the LIT to MOBI approach. NEVER buy Secure Adobe Reader e-books.
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Using Mobipocket in Linux
I was considering getting a Cybook so that I could purchase ebooks in Mobipocket format. Since these are DRM'd, I expect I will have to use some proprietary software to download it to the Cybook and this will probably run only on Windows. Is this correct? Or will I be able to buy and put it in my reader using my Linux box?
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That being said, if you want to use the Mobipocket Reader or Creator software, they are Windows only (according to the user manual). Not a deal breaker, but it's good to know
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