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Originally Posted by mistermr
Does anyone have screenshots of pdfs on voyager?
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First, it's a Kindle Voyage, no "r" on the end.
Here's a link to a video review of the Kindle Paperwhite reading PDF. I haven't watched it because the topic doesn't really interest me but Nathan, the guy doing it, does good reviews so my guess is it'll be worth watching. The Paperwhite, for this purpose, is exactly like the Voyage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN9UOjryAA4
You might want to tell us the source of your PDFs. If they have DRM there will be all sorts of issues. Since I don't use PDF I'm not familiar with this but I've seen a lot of discussion about it so I know there are a lot of ins and outs to consider.
One of the problems with PDF is that the text doesn't flow. Ebook text does flow so on any size screen you can have any size text. With a non-flowing PDF you can't have the whole book on the screen without making the text very small, at least in most cases. Some PDFs are designed for small screens but most aren't.
Another thing to consider is that if your PDFs are text and not image scans they can easily be converted by Calibre into any ebook format you like, assuming there's no DRM. I think most PDFs are images so that won't work well but a lot of them are text so sometimes it will.
Converting a PDF with no DRM in text format to an epub or mobi format for a Kindle or a Kobo is trivial. It doesn't always work perfectly if it's text the result is usually readable.
If you really do have to read a lot of PDF files, as others have said, you'll be better off with a 10" tablet. E-ink readers really aren't good devices for PDF. They'll do it but not well.
Barry