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Originally Posted by kerinta
The formats are pdf (with drm mostly), html and txt. 
Can you backup your purchased ebooks from the kindle to your pc or are they backed up by amazon?
I;m tottally confused  |
I think that you can back them up, from what I've read, but hopefully someone with a Kindle can tell you how that can be done. Your PDF books you will be able to read on a Kindle DX, unless they are password protected (I think). You will not be able to "reflow" the letters, however. Html and text files can't be read natively on the Kindle, but you can use this free program:
http://calibre-ebook.com/
to convert the files into .mobi, which the Kindle will be able to read. I hope this helps. I would like a large screen reader, and I've been looking at the Kindle and the Pocketbook. I think that I will get the Kindle because of the better screen. I would be using it for PDFs that don't show up well on my 6 inch screen (scanned PDFs, and ones that are graph and picture heavy).
If you only read novels, however, you might not find a 6 inch reader as small as it looks. When I first got my PRS-505, I remember thinking that it was much smaller than I expected it would be (I ordered off the internet before ever seeing an e-book reader in person). When reading novels, I find that it's great; I even ended up buying an even smaller reader (I haven't received it yet), so that I could have something even more portable. I'm sorry if it sounds like I'm trying to convince you to buy a smaller device, I'm just trying to share my experience with you, in the hopes that it might help you with your choice.