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vxf · 07-29-2010, 12:43 PM

I use a SONY PRS900 for PDFs. I am a PhD student in Finance - and do read a lot of academic papers from JSTOR and SSRN.

I read PDFs landscape - displaying a third of the page at the time. It works - it's not perfect if you deal with a lot of tables and figures, but for text it works great. Being able to free-hand annotate my files is a must for me, and being able to see the annotated files on my PC is great.

Sometimes I use BRISS to remove white margins, but most of the time I don't find it necessary.

I do, by the way, own an iPad. For how cool it is, it just isn't a reading device. I know it's somewhat subjective, but I, for one, just cannot read on LCD. And it's too heavy. And battery life is too short. The big screen is nice - but if I wanted to read on LCD, I would just stick to my laptop.

07-29-2010, 12:43 PM	#27
vxf Guru Posts: 944 Karma: 1490348 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Norman, OK Device: Sony PRS 350, 900, 950; Kindles (ALL of them!); Kobo Aura One	I use a SONY PRS900 for PDFs. I am a PhD student in Finance - and do read a lot of academic papers from JSTOR and SSRN. I read PDFs landscape - displaying a third of the page at the time. It works - it's not perfect if you deal with a lot of tables and figures, but for text it works great. Being able to free-hand annotate my files is a must for me, and being able to see the annotated files on my PC is great. Sometimes I use BRISS to remove white margins, but most of the time I don't find it necessary. I do, by the way, own an iPad. For how cool it is, it just isn't a reading device. I know it's somewhat subjective, but I, for one, just cannot read on LCD. And it's too heavy. And battery life is too short. The big screen is nice - but if I wanted to read on LCD, I would just stick to my laptop.