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Zeitlos · 06-06-2013, 06:06 AM

Hi folks,

I'm looking for an e-reader which I can use with a lot of PDF-files (copies, "original PDF")
As a student I'll have to read a lot of texts, and nowadays most of my profs put their scripts online for us to print and work with.
I've allready got a Pocketbook (602?) and a kindle touch. The latter is my newest (about half a year) acquisition and pretty great for reading books, copying words / passages or highlighting them.
Everything works great in combination with Calibre.
BUT there's a catch when it comes to PDF-Files from websites or scanned pdf-files. I can't work with these texts proberly, because I have no idea how to highlight and / or copy certain passages / words.
In my oppinion the problem with scanned texts and PDF-files is that the programs don't know where the lines start / end and that they therefore see these files not for what they are, but more of a picture than columns and lines.
You wont's consider me an expert on this topic, I'm more like a newby when it comes to progamming.

First question:
Does anyone of you know a useful program that can solve my problem respectively is there any application for that matter at all?

Second question:
Can you recommend any ebook-reader (important to me is size and resolution) that's able to deal with my problem and can be operated with touch-gestures?

Many thanks for you help in advance and best regards

Zeitlos

06-06-2013, 06:06 AM	#1
Zeitlos Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 13 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: PB 302 ist im Anflug	E-Reader for PDF / E-reader für PDF Hi folks, I'm looking for an e-reader which I can use with a lot of PDF-files (copies, "original PDF") As a student I'll have to read a lot of texts, and nowadays most of my profs put their scripts online for us to print and work with. I've allready got a Pocketbook (602?) and a kindle touch. The latter is my newest (about half a year) acquisition and pretty great for reading books, copying words / passages or highlighting them. Everything works great in combination with Calibre. BUT there's a catch when it comes to PDF-Files from websites or scanned pdf-files. I can't work with these texts proberly, because I have no idea how to highlight and / or copy certain passages / words. In my oppinion the problem with scanned texts and PDF-files is that the programs don't know where the lines start / end and that they therefore see these files not for what they are, but more of a picture than columns and lines. You wont's consider me an expert on this topic, I'm more like a newby when it comes to progamming. First question: Does anyone of you know a useful program that can solve my problem respectively is there any application for that matter at all? Second question: Can you recommend any ebook-reader (important to me is size and resolution) that's able to deal with my problem and can be operated with touch-gestures? Many thanks for you help in advance and best regards Zeitlos Last edited by Zeitlos; 06-06-2013 at 06:11 AM.