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Originally Posted by Laura81
Thanks for your opinions orwell2k  I mainly want a reader that can read PDF and text well as I download a lot of ebooks and these are primarly the formats I find for download. |
Fair enough - as I said, you need to assess your needs then see what devices are available. Most of them can handle PDF and TXT - each device may have their quirks but in the end they seem to be quite similar for capabilities.
TXT of course is the simplest and has very little in the way of formatting options on most devices - what you see is what you get, no special formatting for titles, etc., no TOC, and so on. But the text itself is what you want in terms of reading an eBook, so fair enough.
PDF is always a hot debate - depending on the page size of the PDF it will be presented to varying degrees of success in a 5" or 6" device - i.e. an A4 age obviously won't look "great" in a small screen device. But most of the devices now offer some kind of reflow for PDF, and if you have any input to how the PDF is created, you can tailor it to suit a smaller screen. Additionally, if the PDFs are specifically or eReader devices then they may already be in a smaller page size (say 9 x 12cm or something like that, instead of A4). And of course there are some tools around to regenerate your PDF.
You may want to consider that, with a little effort, you can take simple TXT and PDF sources and generate quite nice eBook formats that will enhance your reading experience on a device. Calibre is one tool - check out the forum for more info. It offers a lot of output format options. In addition, Sigil is quite a nice tool for generating ePub books, and there are many others. And for FB2 you can use the quite nice Book Designer 5 (and Calibre, and even the command line Calibre eBook conversion tools), plus a few others.
So there are a lot of options, even if you're only looking at one or two sources the initial eBooks. As you get into using the eReader you may wish to try some other formats and convert your books. For that reason I would advise considering devices that handle a variety of formats, like the Hanlin V3 clones. Of course, if you want to focus on one particular format, like ePub, then another device with support for fewer formats may suit you more.
Best of luck!