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Originally Posted by =X=
I have a SONY and a Kindle, I found that I could get “most” books from some combination of ePUB/PDF/MOBI/LIT for the sony, but there were still a good amount of the books that I wanted that where exclusive to Amazon. The bad part was most of the books I wanted where in PDF format, where as the Amazon counter part was either MOBI or Topaz, but both reflowable. After buying the PDF I would have to spend good amount of time fixing the PDF to work on the SONY, since I hated the PDF-reflow implemented on the SONY device. In the end I realized I spent too much time fiddling with the layout.
For the books you listed I don’t think that will be the case, but you never know.
In my experience most eInk devices do not handle low lighting areas as good as regular books. The eInk background is a light green and the fonts a dark black. I find for low lighting I needed to increase the font size to continue to read without any eye strain.
If I recall correctly even though the Jetbook also uses a monochrome screen it is not very readable in the dark.
Have you thought about just buying a PDA or smartphone. You can pickup a cheap BB Storm for about $100. Most PDA/Smartphones can handle multiple DRM like LIT, MOBI, Kindle, eReader, and the new HTC is getting Adobe.
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Yes I wish Verizon would come out with a ebook app for my LG env touch, saddly the apps out for my phone are a joke and no new ones have appeared in months. Wow as soon as I think I have a handle on ebooks it gets more confusing again. Honest one of the major criticisms Ive read of the kindle is poor low light readablity?
Honestly what kind of books are on PDF? I am looking for a e reader for text and very light illustrations , have no interest in technical drawings , blue prints , etc..... . And isnt Adobe pdf files in a standard format? Why is need for pdf reflow conversion? I'm getting more and more confused again to the point were it sounds like ebooks are such a confusing muttle with no standards reguardless of the device your going to be stuck doing major format conversions of books on a regular bases no matter what ebook reader device you get.... Blech getting more confused again.
Or would a program like calibre easy some of these file format issues?