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I've been scanning a lot of books, from paper back size to hard back. I dismantle them, scan them in page order (I have access to a scanner with a feeder than can scan both sides of the page at once), edit them down to just the text (practically no margins), then save them as PDF files. They're larger than ones I would buy, I think, but I usually scan at a resolution of 300dpi to make sure the words are sharp. I know that the text in these will not flow as they are basically pictures, like the many comic books I've already scanned, but the books are in black and white or shades of gray. (Old paperback books tend to yellow with age so I scan them in gray-scale, then enhance the contrast; newer books I scan in B&W, usually with good results -- and a smaller PDF.)
I like the idea of the Jetbook Lite due to the replaceable common batteries. I believe the device would show me my PDFs if I loaded some into it (directly or via a card), but I haven't read anything that tells me that the JBL will allow me to scroll through the book as I hold the device in landscape for improved reading of my PDF'd paperbacks. If it shows a whole page only (someone on this site mentioned the PDFs are small and hard to read), then that's no good. However, if I can change the size of the page (like I can on a computer screen), and then scroll down as I read, that would be perfect and make the Jetbook Lite even more tempting. I've noted that the JBL seems to have "page up/page down" buttons, but never the mention of scrolling.
My current status with ereaders is... I don't have any. I have a small desktop computer, to which my flatbed scanner is hooked, and I also have an ~3-year-old netbook (a Wind U100 worth a lot more these days than I paid for it ). Both computers have the lovely Windows XP (whereas nowadays netbooks seem to come with the terrifying Windows "Starter"). I can see using the netbook for reading ebooks
and my comic books (and PDF'd web pages, using cutePDF), but only reading ebooks on, say, JBL, which has the advantage of being a bit easier to carry around than the netbook. Thus, every time I see a likely candidate in an ebook reader, I have to say "That's cool, but it has some flaws [I read tons of reviews] and it's rather expensive... is it a good idea to buy that toy when I already have the netbook which does work?"
If the JBL can scroll my home-made PDFs, the answer may be yes! So if anyone can answer my question, please do