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Originally Posted by Order
If I had non-scanned PDFs in DIN A4 format, could those be easily converted to fit the screens of other readers? The iLiad is somewhat expensive...
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It very much depends on the Reader. So far none of the dedicated eBook Readers except the iLiad have taken the PDF reading seriously. They only support it for a checkmark in the list of features. Hopefully Sony will be releasing a reader that can reflow PDF files which might solve your problem. They showed one at CES but it did not show images while reflowing which is a poor solution.
The best current products that can reflow PDF files are all PDA's. Palm and Pocket PC devices will reflow the text and show the images. Depending on the software they can also switch to showing the full page which can be zoomed and panned when you want to see the relationship to the page format.
For Palm check for PalmPDF or Adobe Palm (Adobe requires conversion on a PC), For Pocket PC (Windows Mobile) check for Adobe Pocket PC edition (note this is a large install of 8 Megs so it is best on a memory expansion card).
Of course you can also convert your PDF to a form more acceptable to eBook Readers. There are lots of conversion tools available.
For more information check PDF on the wiki.
Dale