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Originally Posted by trincam2008
Hi,
Thanks a lot for replying, Sweetpea and HarryT. I plan to do both actually. For work, I can always use my laptop (as I use a lot of the searching for specific words and work shouldnt mean in bed  but the amount of textbook I use during the year is large :P and would be nice if I need to use when, say, Im in the library / queueing.
Recreatinal reading would best describe I think e.g I read novels, reports and ebooks of different types I download/buy from the Internet or sent by friends/ family. Of course even these sometimes have illustrations. Carrying loads in suitcase is not so wise and I dont quite like reading from laptop for extended period.
You both mention a bigger screen one, can you please recommend any? and how about portability? It's just because Im relatively new at this. Irex and Iliad are a bit too expensive and as I read around, many suggest they're not really worth the extra, but Im not that sure. Im in the UK and for now the only mean for me to know these things are via the Internet. I wish there are some sort of techno show / fair soon and around to try but I dont think there's any between now and mid July (on holiday = like some reading as well).
Ah also, all these different ereaders can support a lot of formats, can I convert from .pdf to these so that the reading would fit onto the small screen? Maybe this doesnt work with scan .pdf but just a thought
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Right now, the only large screen reader you can get is the IRex one. The other that is sold is only sold in the US. Naturally, you can get it in the UK, but not by ordering from amazon
I've not done a lot of PDF conversions, but if you've a scanned PDF, it would mean OCR'ing the document. I think if you've a "text-based" PDF, it might be that reflowing works and then it shouldn't be too much of a problem (I've no experience with PDF myself, I tend to avoid them).