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nekokami · 09-05-2007, 03:35 PM

Martin, congratulations on your purchase! I've had my iLiad for about 6 months now and I enjoy it immensely. I particularly like being able to read outdoors by sunlight.

I've had very good luck being able to read PDFs on mine -- it's one of the main reasons I bought it, rather than staying with the eBookwise 1150 I'd been using previously. Usually I don't even have to rotate to landscape mode, though I do zoom to eliminate margins, and read in "continuous" mode to be sure to get the bottom of every page (otherwise, when you zoom you just see the top part of the page!) I think you'll be fine with your PDFs.

Regarding DRM content, I do know of one case where DRM content has expired: Amazon sold some books in PDF format a while back that apparently had an expiration date, which caught a number of people by surprise. I prefer to buy non-DRM content myself, but if I want to buy a book and only a DRM version is available, I buy the Microsoft .LIT format, typically, because that can be "unlocked" (search for convertlit on the web). I understand the Mobipocket format can now also be unlocked, though I haven't done that yet.

At the present time, many or most books which are available in DRM form are also likely to be available via other "darknet" sources, if you feel you need a backup of a DRM file. (Some books which are out of print but not yet out of copyright are only available this way.) I am not saying this is legal, nor am I advising you to take any particular action with this information. I'm just pointing it out.

09-05-2007, 03:35 PM	#34
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Martin, congratulations on your purchase! I've had my iLiad for about 6 months now and I enjoy it immensely. I particularly like being able to read outdoors by sunlight. I've had very good luck being able to read PDFs on mine -- it's one of the main reasons I bought it, rather than staying with the eBookwise 1150 I'd been using previously. Usually I don't even have to rotate to landscape mode, though I do zoom to eliminate margins, and read in "continuous" mode to be sure to get the bottom of every page (otherwise, when you zoom you just see the top part of the page!) I think you'll be fine with your PDFs. Regarding DRM content, I do know of one case where DRM content has expired: Amazon sold some books in PDF format a while back that apparently had an expiration date, which caught a number of people by surprise. I prefer to buy non-DRM content myself, but if I want to buy a book and only a DRM version is available, I buy the Microsoft .LIT format, typically, because that can be "unlocked" (search for convertlit on the web). I understand the Mobipocket format can now also be unlocked, though I haven't done that yet. At the present time, many or most books which are available in DRM form are also likely to be available via other "darknet" sources, if you feel you need a backup of a DRM file. (Some books which are out of print but not yet out of copyright are only available this way.) I am not saying this is legal, nor am I advising you to take any particular action with this information. I'm just pointing it out.