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gogo · 08-04-2011, 08:46 AM

Hi Everyone,
I want to buy an ereader for my husband. He wants to get away from the computer screen once in a while and I heard that the eink looks like a book.

I have been doing a lot of research already. I was looking at the kobo wifi not the new touch.

He will be reading 99% technical books. Programming etc.....

I was reading about how the ereaders (the kobo specifically) does not handle pdf's very well and if I have pdf books than I will have to convert them using software (which kind of sounds like a pain).

The question I had was how these ereaders handle epub files for tech books. If I were to buy the tech books online in epub format will this be a problem as well?

I do not care to much about the touch screen and I heard there isn't too much of a difference with the wifi and the new touch.

Any thoughts?

08-04-2011, 08:46 AM	#1
gogo Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: none	another newbie!!! Hi Everyone, I want to buy an ereader for my husband. He wants to get away from the computer screen once in a while and I heard that the eink looks like a book. I have been doing a lot of research already. I was looking at the kobo wifi not the new touch. He will be reading 99% technical books. Programming etc..... I was reading about how the ereaders (the kobo specifically) does not handle pdf's very well and if I have pdf books than I will have to convert them using software (which kind of sounds like a pain). The question I had was how these ereaders handle epub files for tech books. If I were to buy the tech books online in epub format will this be a problem as well? I do not care to much about the touch screen and I heard there isn't too much of a difference with the wifi and the new touch. Any thoughts?