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mdmorrissey · 11-19-2010, 10:45 AM

I know this topic has come up often, but I haven't seen any good answers to the question -- or there just isn't one.

In my non-expert opinion, what is needed is a good e-ink reader for PDFs. Period. That simply means one that will do what the Adobe Reader (or the equivalent) does on my computer. I just downloaded a book of poetry from a library that looks fine on my computer, but is unreadable on my ereader. (Pocketbook 360, but I think they all have the problem.)

I find it really hard to believe that it is not possible to produce a simple, inexpensive PDF reader. I think the ereader manufacturers have been trying too hard to do EVERYTHING (wireless, touchscreen, color, etc.) instead of doing the ONE thing WELL that would satisfy customers who just want to be able to read the stuff they have on their desktops on a device they can carry around with them and read in e-ink so they don't get eyestrain after an hour or so. I do NOT need or want wireless, touchscreen, color etc. on my ereader. When will the producers get this message?

11-19-2010, 10:45 AM	#1
mdmorrissey Addict Posts: 232 Karma: 262 Join Date: May 2010 Device: PocketBook 360	PDF reader I know this topic has come up often, but I haven't seen any good answers to the question -- or there just isn't one. In my non-expert opinion, what is needed is a good e-ink reader for PDFs. Period. That simply means one that will do what the Adobe Reader (or the equivalent) does on my computer. I just downloaded a book of poetry from a library that looks fine on my computer, but is unreadable on my ereader. (Pocketbook 360, but I think they all have the problem.) I find it really hard to believe that it is not possible to produce a simple, inexpensive PDF reader. I think the ereader manufacturers have been trying too hard to do EVERYTHING (wireless, touchscreen, color, etc.) instead of doing the ONE thing WELL that would satisfy customers who just want to be able to read the stuff they have on their desktops on a device they can carry around with them and read in e-ink so they don't get eyestrain after an hour or so. I do NOT need or want wireless, touchscreen, color etc. on my ereader. When will the producers get this message?