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Originally Posted by Abecedary
I've already made a few posts elsewhere around here, but I thought I'd stop in and say hello.
Hello.
I finally picked up an ereader last week (the 505 at Borders thanks to the coupon) and have been loving it. I've experimented a little with ebooks in the past (trying to read on an old Palm Pilot back in the day, and converting some "found" texts into nicely formatted screen-sized PDFs to read on my old iBook that I held like a giant book [that actually worked fairly well, with the exception of droopy/drippy eyes from staring at the screen for long periods]). Anyhow, I wanted a Kindle but couldn't justify the cost. So at 200 bucks, the 505 won. I'm a techie guy, so I'm actually enjoying how it's a bit more open (Sony?!?) and versatile than the Kindle. I still wouldn't mind having the dictionary and search features though....
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Many of us Sony owners have been begging for dictionary support! Hopefully, Sony will hear our cries and add it in a future firmware update.
Hey. . .it could happen!
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Anyhow, one of my interests is type and book design, so I may take it upon myself to try my hand at reworking a few of the Gutenberg texts to add to our own library here. But first I need to familiarize myself a bit more with the formats and tools. And find a few texts I wouldn't mind spending a lot of time with.
Well, that's all I have to say at the moment. Nice to meet all of you!
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Your endeavours in that area will be much appreciated, I am certain.
Welcome to MobileRead! Enjoy!