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jocampo · 06-02-2011, 09:32 PM

I would recommend you a Kindle.

Contrary to what people believe or think, you are not going to be locked into Amazon. There are a lot of stores where you can download books on mobi format.

Without starting a debate about ebook formats, the main issue with popular readers here in USA is the DRM. Without DRM, the conversion is really easy and straight forward.

Why the Kindle 3

-Light
-Nice PDF features like zoom.
-eink
-Under $200.00 (139 and 189, depending of the model)

I would suggest to take a look on new Nook Touch. I just saw/play with one today and was impressed (see my own thread on Nook forum) But I can't make a comment about PDF features and it does not support mp3 I think. But it is really, really light and has ePub as main format. Turn pages faster than my Kindle 3 by the way and feels really good on my hands.

If you are not planning to read at bed all the time, I would not recommend you an LCD device. Also, keep in mind that 6" could be small for some PDFs and honestly, I've not found better PDF reader than iPad, but iPads are LCD devices.

06-02-2011, 09:32 PM	#7
jocampo Layback feline Posts: 3,034 Karma: 6980745 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Oasis 2nd gen, Sony DPTS1, iPad Pro 10.5"	I would recommend you a Kindle. Contrary to what people believe or think, you are not going to be locked into Amazon. There are a lot of stores where you can download books on mobi format. Without starting a debate about ebook formats, the main issue with popular readers here in USA is the DRM. Without DRM, the conversion is really easy and straight forward. Why the Kindle 3 -Light -Nice PDF features like zoom. -eink -Under $200.00 (139 and 189, depending of the model) I would suggest to take a look on new Nook Touch. I just saw/play with one today and was impressed (see my own thread on Nook forum) But I can't make a comment about PDF features and it does not support mp3 I think. But it is really, really light and has ePub as main format. Turn pages faster than my Kindle 3 by the way and feels really good on my hands. If you are not planning to read at bed all the time, I would not recommend you an LCD device. Also, keep in mind that 6" could be small for some PDFs and honestly, I've not found better PDF reader than iPad, but iPads are LCD devices. Last edited by jocampo; 06-02-2011 at 09:38 PM.