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Originally Posted by kressg23
However, I like to read in the dark sometimes, so having a light of some sort would be useful without waking my husband or children.
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If you have been doing research then you know that only the Sony PRS700 have a built in light (eink devices). Also, there is the Wedge Light cover for the PRS505.
However, you can pretty much use any of those clip-on book lights. If you have used one for a book you should be ok with it. If you haven't, how do you read a pbook in the dark?
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Originally Posted by kressg23
I'd like a screen that is at least 6 inches and I would like a device that can load my current (albeit small) library of secure .LIT books. Converting them - if possible - is obviously a consideration.
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If you are willing to convert then pretty much any reader will work for you. There are tools to convert LIT to mobi and BBeB which means any of the current 6inch devices will meet this need.
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Originally Posted by kressg23
I don't like the idea of a Kindle only because they boast the need to shop only at Amazon for ebooks. No thanks.
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Because they "boast it" or you believe it? You can buy ebooks for your Kindle pretty much anywhere also. You may need to do some deDRMing and/or converting though. However, currently you can buy overdrive encrypted eboosk from booksonboard.com using your KindlePID (derived from the s/n using a freely available script) and then running KindleFIX (another freely available script) on this. Once that is done the book is still DRM protected. Of course, just running deDRM on the ebooks is much easier and future proofs your purchases.
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Originally Posted by kressg23
I use Fictionwise quite a bit, but I also use a lot of free PDF ebooks.
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As I said above, not a problem. Although you may want to convert your PDF books. Of course, this depends on the type of content in the PDF. See the hundreds of PDF threads here.
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Originally Posted by kressg23
So, bottom line, I want the best bang for my buck. I'd like to stick to around the $400 range. Any suggestions?  |
I would suggest in my order of preference:
Kindle
Sony 505/700 (which of these is a whole other topic. But the 700 is superior for PDFs.)
EZReader/BeBook
CyBook
I put CyBook at the bottom not due to its features or capabilities but due to the very poor customer service. (Poor relative to Amazon and Sony.)
Hth,
BOb