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Originally Posted by rakis
Hi all,
I was just wondering if anybody has tried out the "buy by chapter" Lonely Planet PDFs (found here ) on a Sony Reader? I'm going to do quite a bit of traveling in the coming months, and one of these devices would be a godsend compared to carrying 20 guidebooks around. Thanks so much for you input!
Thanks,
-Ray |
Someone asked about Lonely Planet PDFs on the Sony a while ago. This was my response then -
I just downloaded the freebie "Getting Started.pdf" of the Lonely Planet - Philippines and put it on my Sony. (I have the real book to compare with the ebook).
I had no problems zooming to a very readable size. Maybe it is the bits you have to pay for that are locked.
Although the freebie was readable on my Sony, illustrations were badly mangled. Maps appeared greyish with their place names stripped off and appearing uselessly in a list separate from the map. Sidebars and boxes also appeared in a muddled fashion. This is no doubt because of the poor way the Sony handles pdf's.
On my normal computer screen the pdf was identical to the real book. Maps were clear and easy to read, and zoomable of course. So I guess if you were carrying your laptop on your travels, it would be handy to have the ebook version of Lonely Planet on it - costs more than the real book though!