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I too started off with PDAs - in my case, a Sony Clie SL-10. I much prefer my CyBook Gen 3 to any LCD display I've tried.
As for PDF - if you're generating ebooks for your own use at the right page size and font size, they're excellent.
But if you're buying commercial ebooks, they're generally suboptimal for 6" and smaller ebook readers.
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Originally Posted by Solitaire1
Hello to everyone,
I just joined today and I'm posting this to introduce myself. Although I'm new to this forum, I've been into ebooks for a while (since 2000 I think), with my first e-reader being a Palm Vx (the large memory version). Since that time, I've gone through many Palm PDAs and ebooks have been one of my major uses for each of them. As far as ebook software goes, I used the Palm Reader on my Palm PDAs.
As far as my current ebook reader, I now have a Sony Reader (the PRS-505) and it is simply a wonderful ebook reader. I had the PRS-500 and still use it, and although the PRS-500 was a good ebook reader, the PRS-505 is a great improvement over it and it added some much needed features that weren't available with the PRS-500.
As far as ebook formats go, I prefer PDF. While my reader supports other formats, my main reason for preferring PDF is that it gives me complete control over my ebook formatting, including the fonts used, and I can know ahead of time exactly how my ebooks will look on my device.
Thanks for reading.
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