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Rejet · 12-15-2009, 11:47 AM

Hi,

Currently, my country, Singapore, has only 1 e-ink reader for sale. It's the iRiver Story. Apparently Amazon doesn't want to bring the Kindle into the SE Asia market. I have the option to import Sony readers, but it'll compromise warranty and support as Sony doesn't have technical support for their e-readers in Singapore.

My question:
I have a collection of e-books, mostly in pdf format. I tried it out with my own SD card at the store, and reading is quite erratic for pdf files. ie,
a)I can't zoom on certain files,
b)have to read on landscape view, instead of my preferred portrait view
c) on files that can be zoomed in, i have to pan around the page to read it completely
So, is it because I have to format my pdf files somehow, or is it because the device can only read pdf files this way?

Or should I convert the pdf files to ePub format on Calibre then transfer it to the iRiver?

I hope you guys can help with my problem. Thank you for your time.

12-15-2009, 11:47 AM	#1
Rejet Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Iriver Story	Should I Buy the iRiver Story Hi, Currently, my country, Singapore, has only 1 e-ink reader for sale. It's the iRiver Story. Apparently Amazon doesn't want to bring the Kindle into the SE Asia market. I have the option to import Sony readers, but it'll compromise warranty and support as Sony doesn't have technical support for their e-readers in Singapore. My question: I have a collection of e-books, mostly in pdf format. I tried it out with my own SD card at the store, and reading is quite erratic for pdf files. ie, a)I can't zoom on certain files, b)have to read on landscape view, instead of my preferred portrait view c) on files that can be zoomed in, i have to pan around the page to read it completely So, is it because I have to format my pdf files somehow, or is it because the device can only read pdf files this way? Or should I convert the pdf files to ePub format on Calibre then transfer it to the iRiver? I hope you guys can help with my problem. Thank you for your time.