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mdietz39 · 02-25-2012, 05:51 PM

I do a lot of genealogical research and one of my main sources of data is Google books. I can download PDF images of books written in the 1700 - 1900 period with tons of data for me. However they are PDF images, not PDF text. I can find no decent OCR to handle all the fonts used during those 300 years so I am forced to read the book. However I would like to have a smaller device than my pc. I have tried my Kindle but the screen is so small I have to enlarge the image which forces me to constantly be scrolling back and forth.
I would like a device which can handle the (normally) 8" width of the image. Long life on the battery would be nice and a USB port or some means of transferring the book from my PC is required.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thank you
Mike

02-25-2012, 05:51 PM	#1
mdietz39 Member Posts: 19 Karma: 200 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: New Mexico Device: Kindle v3.1	Best device to read Google book PDF's? I do a lot of genealogical research and one of my main sources of data is Google books. I can download PDF images of books written in the 1700 - 1900 period with tons of data for me. However they are PDF images, not PDF text. I can find no decent OCR to handle all the fonts used during those 300 years so I am forced to read the book. However I would like to have a smaller device than my pc. I have tried my Kindle but the screen is so small I have to enlarge the image which forces me to constantly be scrolling back and forth. I would like a device which can handle the (normally) 8" width of the image. Long life on the battery would be nice and a USB port or some means of transferring the book from my PC is required. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thank you Mike