MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Hi, I'm new to eBooks

fishnchips · 11-05-2008, 06:15 AM

Hi,
I’m new to eBooks and have recently bought a Sony PRS-505 reader. I like it very much, however, I need some help.

I thought I’d purchase a book from the Waterstone’s website. What a nightmare! Firstly, it seems really difficult to search for eBooks. Secondly, there appears to be a really poor selection and they didn’t have the particular book I wanted.

I found the book I wanted on the WH Smith website and downloaded the eBook in Adobe PDF format, which I thought would be ok. On my laptop its fine but when I transferred it to my reader the text size is too small for me to read and when I increase the text size the layout goes out of whack.

Is there anything I can do about this? Please bear in mind that I’m a complete novice and not particularly conversant in techno-babble.

Thanks

11-05-2008, 06:15 AM	#1
fishnchips Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hampshire, UK Device: Sony Reader	Hi, I'm new to eBooks - help! Hi, I’m new to eBooks and have recently bought a Sony PRS-505 reader. I like it very much, however, I need some help. I thought I’d purchase a book from the Waterstone’s website. What a nightmare! Firstly, it seems really difficult to search for eBooks. Secondly, there appears to be a really poor selection and they didn’t have the particular book I wanted. I found the book I wanted on the WH Smith website and downloaded the eBook in Adobe PDF format, which I thought would be ok. On my laptop its fine but when I transferred it to my reader the text size is too small for me to read and when I increase the text size the layout goes out of whack. Is there anything I can do about this? Please bear in mind that I’m a complete novice and not particularly conversant in techno-babble. Thanks