Have always enjoyed reading on my pocket computers. You may do well to get one. Not too enamored of the newer PPC's as they are light and often are short on battery power. Recently decided to acquire a new PPC and did some research on the used/refurbished models available through the Internet.
Found a reasonable deal on a Dell Axim PPC V5. Cost less than $100.00 and the battery lasts for at least 8 hours (YMMV). Put the Palm eReader and Mobipocket Reader on the machine. MS Lit Reader was already installed. Authorized for Adobe Digital Editions as well. That allows me to read Lit, prc, epub, pdb, and pdf books.
Best of luck to you in your search,
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Originally Posted by John-K9jgs
I'm not really very picky about formatting. I only want to read fiction books and I normally only read a book once, then pass it on to someone else. For that reason I can put up with crappy formatting just as long as it is readable.
I did finally get a response from the ebookwise techie. He/she said that as far as they know PDF books cannot be read on the eBookwise. They did give me the information for returning the eBookwise and I think that is what I'm going to do.
I was enamoured of the idea of having multiple books in a small package but it is so much trouble to try to figure out the software that I just don't think it's worth it. And that is not even considering how (or if) the DRM issue could be solved.
Perhaps I will look at a pocket PC as a substitute. I have a laptop but it is pretty heavy and wouldn't serve well as a portable reading device. I have never actually see a pocket PC but I imagine they are much more available in the stores than the ebook readers, which seem to be pretty much all sold out so cannot be actually seen/touched.
I can easily download the books from our local library in Adobe and some in Mobi, but mostly the former in .pdf. I could just go back to my Treo phone and continue to read on it, I guess, at least for the time being.
Thank again for your kind help!
John
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