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Originally Posted by calvarez
A) Will an eBook reader do the job for me? (by this I mean, is an eBook reader a good replacement for having a physical library of books? Is it a better option than just reading my PDF files on my laptop, or on my PDA?) I know this ultimately will depend on me, my habits and preferences, but I would like to hear what you guys think.
B)Is the PDF/CHM software in these eBook readers good enough? Will they open large files (25MB+)? Are they robust at rendering PDF/CHM files, including figures and layout? (in other words, is it as good and reliable as reading the PDF on a computer with Adobe Reader 8.1?)
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A) NO. eBook reader is unusable for you. All e-ink eBookk readers except Illiad have 6" display. Take a book in pdf. Set up printer so it prints the book on a paper that has 90mm x 120mm (6 inch diagonal). Use printer with resolution 170DPI (a really good dot matrix printer would do
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Awful. Ain't it?
Current ebook readers, like Sony PRS 500, are ideal for people that read fiction. Texts without formulas, complex graphics, lots of fonts and complicated page layout.
With chm texts, the situation is much better. You can get several chm decompilers (shareware, freeware, even free software (I got one such decompiler installed at this very moment in this Mint Linux distribution I am using at the moment)), take apart the chm file, assemble it back using word processor and save it as rtf file or pdf formated for page sized 90mm x 120mm.