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Originally Posted by chobo2
Is that book made for the kindle? Since I am guessing books that are made to be on the kindle are checked to make sure it looks half decent at least.
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If you read more threads on MR you'll find many saying that you're wrong. Mostly in the idea that they're *checked* to make sure they look good. As I understand it (I don't have a Kindle) if the source is well-written (from a technical standpoint) then the conversion produces a decent-looking book. But AFAIK nobody actually checks the output to see how good it looks.
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Originally Posted by chobo2
Hmm that really sucks. How about converting pdfs(even though I hear that is hard to do). Is there some good format that will work with computer books.
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As others have mentioned, the basic problem with technical books on ereaders is the size of the screen. Even in full 8.5"x11" technical books I often find graphics that are too full of detail for me to read them. Often I copy/enlarge them (usually onto 11"x17" because I've got a copier that can do that).
With a large enough screen PDF should be a decent format-but I can't find an ereader with a large enough screen, for me, so I read technical books either on my workstation (28" screen) or, if I need them to be mobile, on my laptop (17" screen).
BTW, I don't understand your comment "I don't like reading them on computers, they go obsolete pretty fast". The only difference I see between reading them on computers vs reading them on ereaders is mobility & display. I would certainly agree if you're talking about reading treebooks-anything that requires frequent updating is, IMO, best obtained electronically.