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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Well, sure, if you feel that strongly about it...
Although you could buy a Kindle and sideload books purchased from elsewhere.
Kindles are sold basically at cost -- the usual ebookstore business model is to sell you a device that encourages you to purchase from the integrated bookstore, which is where they actually make their money.
You wouldn't really be supporting them, although you would be validating their actions in investing in good dictionaries. 
You could try KOReader, an alternative reader that is available for Kindle (with the jailbreak), Kobo, Android, and Pocketbook.
It is a much better PDF reader than the default firmware on most dedicated ereaders, which tend to be rather sucky.
For instance, it supports dynamic PDF reflow. IIRC it uses k2pdfopt and handles both text and image reflow.
Converting to EPUB is... challenging, especially for image-based PDFs, which require external OCR work before you can even begin to hope for a decent result in calibre. |
And to add to this, if the pdf has been scanned from a cheap home printer they are image based.