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JDK1962 · 06-25-2011, 10:59 AM

So, here I am, with a lovely PDF scan of C.K. Shepherd's Across America by Motor-Cycle that I picked up for free at archive.org. I could have downloaded the "Kindle" version there, but I kind of like proper layout and formatting.

I sideload it onto my Kindle, and I think "man, that print is tiny." Mind you, this is coming from someone who routinely reads Kindle books on the smallest font setting.

So, I change from portrait to landscape orientation. Print size is much better, but I'm still not all that happy. I like seeing a page at a time. Now I'm thinking, why didn't I buy a Kindle DX?

Then I had my really obvious brainstorm. Reader glasses. You know, those inexpensive glasses you can buy in multiple styles and levels of magnification at any drugstore? I had a pair of 1.5x glasses around (okay, I confess, I'm much closer to 50 than I want to be, and I had them lying around the house already), put them on, and presto: easily readable full PDF pages on a Kindle 3.

Unsatisfied PDF readers, give it a try: take your Kindle over to SprawlMart, find the readers, then bring up a PDF and start trying on glasses.

Sure, there's a touch of Terry Gilliam's Brazil in the solution, but I can live with that.

06-25-2011, 10:59 AM	#1
JDK1962 Groupie Posts: 154 Karma: 2054094 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Boulder, CO Device: Kindle Voyage, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (for PDFs)	Reading PDFs on Kindle 3 So, here I am, with a lovely PDF scan of C.K. Shepherd's Across America by Motor-Cycle that I picked up for free at archive.org. I could have downloaded the "Kindle" version there, but I kind of like proper layout and formatting. I sideload it onto my Kindle, and I think "man, that print is tiny." Mind you, this is coming from someone who routinely reads Kindle books on the smallest font setting. So, I change from portrait to landscape orientation. Print size is much better, but I'm still not all that happy. I like seeing a page at a time. Now I'm thinking, why didn't I buy a Kindle DX? Then I had my really obvious brainstorm. Reader glasses. You know, those inexpensive glasses you can buy in multiple styles and levels of magnification at any drugstore? I had a pair of 1.5x glasses around (okay, I confess, I'm much closer to 50 than I want to be, and I had them lying around the house already), put them on, and presto: easily readable full PDF pages on a Kindle 3. Unsatisfied PDF readers, give it a try: take your Kindle over to SprawlMart, find the readers, then bring up a PDF and start trying on glasses. Sure, there's a touch of Terry Gilliam's Brazil in the solution, but I can live with that.