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Originally Posted by JSWolf
But who would want one that only views PDF and text?
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I personally would not mind such a machine. Especially if it was cheaper than competition.
Currently I own Sony Reader PRS500 and I format all the books I want to read anyway. I have very specific taste regarding the format of the book, so I end up reformatting vast majority of books I acquire(*). If it was possible to select specific font (heavily hinted sans serif (just like the default sans-serif on PRS500)), paragraph formatting (left justification, no margins, cca. 1mm space after a paragraph, first line indentation about 5 mm) for an application displaying plain text I would be perfectly happy with a plain-text-only device.
Should I ever wish to read a book in non-english language (like Russian, Czech, Arabic, whatever) it only takes a few moments to generate pdf file with 90x120mm page size using OpenOffice.org.
(*) I am an opportunist. I have been a very avid Library visitor ever since I learned to read, so instead of fancying an author and than trying to purchase a specific book I just look for something interesting to read, and if you follow local "Deals freebies ..." forum, and some other pages featuring various free reading materials, you can acquire books faster than you can read them.
The problem is, you can not convert most of DRMed material