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Jabby · 03-13-2011, 07:57 PM

I agree about he Sony 350. My JBL is much easier to read. However I did find an ereader I like and reads as well as the JBL.

About three months ago I bought a Pocketbook 360. It is a dandy. It, too, has a five inch screen but is an e-ink. One interesting thing - it has its own, ingenious, built in cover. Adding fonts is as easy as copying them into the font folder of the PB360. I copied Times, Rockwell. Georgia, Arial Black and Franklin Condensed from my Windows machine font folder. Font sizes range from 10 to 50 in increments of 1, 2 or 4 (don't ask me 1, 2 or 4 what). It is amazing how font selection helps in readability.

It has both the (selectable) FBReader and the Adobe Digital Viewer installed. Below are two links. The first is to a site giving a pretty good run down an the PB360 and the second is where I bought it (price).

The Pocketbook forum has a later version of the FBReader that is pretty nice (not part of the normal Pocketbook update scheme).

http://pocketbook-usa.com/products/pocketbook-360/

http://pocketbook.reader-ebook.org/b...lack-standard/

Regards - John

P.S. I have no financial, or any other kind, of interest in this company nor any of its resellers.

03-13-2011, 07:57 PM	#6
Jabby Jr. - Junior Member Posts: 586 Karma: 2000358 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Alabama Device: Archos, Asus, HP, Lenovo, Nexus and Samsung tablets in 7,8 and 10"	I agree about he Sony 350. My JBL is much easier to read. However I did find an ereader I like and reads as well as the JBL. About three months ago I bought a Pocketbook 360. It is a dandy. It, too, has a five inch screen but is an e-ink. One interesting thing - it has its own, ingenious, built in cover. Adding fonts is as easy as copying them into the font folder of the PB360. I copied Times, Rockwell. Georgia, Arial Black and Franklin Condensed from my Windows machine font folder. Font sizes range from 10 to 50 in increments of 1, 2 or 4 (don't ask me 1, 2 or 4 what). It is amazing how font selection helps in readability. It has both the (selectable) FBReader and the Adobe Digital Viewer installed. Below are two links. The first is to a site giving a pretty good run down an the PB360 and the second is where I bought it (price). The Pocketbook forum has a later version of the FBReader that is pretty nice (not part of the normal Pocketbook update scheme). http://pocketbook-usa.com/products/pocketbook-360/ http://pocketbook.reader-ebook.org/b...lack-standard/ Regards - John P.S. I have no financial, or any other kind, of interest in this company nor any of its resellers.