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Originally Posted by 3dge
first off,  to all the responses again. I didn't mean to start an argument about DRM heavy companies (although I stand by my belief that they are greedy and a pain in the a**. The only people they penalize are the paying customers, pirates always find a way around it.)
I don't really need mine for graphs and pictures at all. I think we're in exactly the same position, I don't read enough books to justify dropping £10 a pop for books from a website. I can pick the odd few from around the internet when I need them in PDF. I also disagree with the pricing, imho they should be much cheaper than they are (which I hear is very close, and in some cases even more so, than the physical copies of the book. How is this supported  )
The reflow issue and screen size is exactly the same thing I'm worried about too. It's a big investment to make in something that might screw up on the one reason you bought it. I don't have a laptop so reading PDFs (which is all of the reading I do) on a desktop computer is uncomfortable and tiring. An eReader seems like the perfect thing - in essence a PDF holder which is very portable and easy on the eyes. I still can't seem to find one that is worth the money, as you are often paying for a bunch of other features when I'm only interested in one. |
Ahhhh. Then, yes, we are in the same boat. Thanks for asking the questions and for those who answered them!
From what I have read from various posts, it seems like with Calibre we should be able to get by on a KindleTouch, K3 or NookTouch. I am really close to buying a NookTouch but I just came back from the store and aside from the PDF concerns, I find the NookTouch to NOT have enough contrast between that horrible gray background and the black type. It's just plain muddy.
Whilst I was surprised that the K3 was pretty decent. It was sharper than the NookTouch. And the DX was pretty sharp as well but expensive ($379 US)! So, while I like the flexibility of the NookTouch (not being looked in, the sd card, and rootability), I might have to get the K3 because legibility is one of the prime criteria, among portability and reading pdfs.