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Originally Posted by =X=
Hi Jeff,
Up until recently mobipocket was also my preferred format even over LRF. The main reason was because so I could configure the ebook to my liking. Calibre makes this process extremely easy. And is no more work than coping the file to the ebook.
See this poster's review of his 700
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...14&postcount=1
Don't worry about the font size if you are converting you can set your default base size to your liking. I rarely use a different font size on converted files. While on PDF I do tend to zoom more.
=X= |
I have tried Calibre, and it worked okay. I wouldn't say it was as easy as a click or a copy (one title in my first small group failed in a batch process). I'm sure it's partly a matter of getting used to the software. But even so, having to convert a thousand titles gives one pause.
Thanks for the link to that other post. I hadn't seen it. I still hope to hear from more people who actually use the light to read in the dark.
As for font size, I didn't know you could set that in the conversion. But I'm not sure that answers my need, anyway. The reason I want to be able to set to a big font is so I can flop into bed without my glasses and read in the dark until I conk. (Hm. I hadn't thought about conking and rolling over on a $400 reader. So far I've only dropped my PDA once.) But for reading in the daytime, I'd want to set that same book to a small or medium font. So flexibility in the type size does matter to me. (I looked at a 505 in the Sony store and concluded that selecting the largest font on the display books was probably inadequate for me.)
If I had to pick today, I'd probably pick the Sony 700. But only if I had the option to return it.
For what it's worth, I was in the Tor Books offices recently and learned that all the staff had been given Sony 505s to use. The guy who does the conversions also has a Kindle. I asked him what he thought, and he greatly prefers the Sony.
I know PilotBob likes the Kindle--and I'm attracted to the idea of, for example, a really cheap Newsweek sub on the device. I haven't ruled it out. But I don't see myself shopping all that much in either the Kindle store or the Sony store. I already have enough unread books on my PC to last a lifetime, and I'm just as happy to shop at Fictionwise, etc., for any new books I might want. If anything, the ability to impulse-buy on the Kindle may be a warning flag for me! (Though it was pretty cool when an acquaintance in a restaurant showed me her Kindle and said, "Here are the books of yours that I just this minute bought." But mostly I want
other people to do that.
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