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Originally Posted by Sylver
I have Sony PRS 300, EZReader PocketPro, Astak Mentor, and Nook. And I mainly read Chinese. Of all these, Nook best suits my needs.
Then finally the nook that I am very happy with.
"and it goes without saying that it supports PDF's and epub's embedded in Chinese fonts, and if you don't want to embed Chinese fonts into PDF or epub (to keep small file size), all you need to do is to convert .txt file to epub using Calibre with a customized style sheets (to use the built in android unicode fonts which natively supports Chinese)."
"Let me make it clear, the support of Chinese does not require you softroot the nook, but if you opt to softroot the nook, obviously with the android system unleashed, it can be a very powerful device, with a 3G nook softrooted, even if you go to China, you can still use a local prepaid SIM card and browse the web on the nook, I have yet to see another e-reader that can achieve the same."
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Thank you Sylver for the detailed answer and the pictures! I really appreciate it!
I am a ereader newby and don't understand the quoted parts from your reply. For example, what does it mean to embed Chinese in a pdf file? How do I know whether a Chinese pdf file that I have already has embedded Chinese or not? How do I embed Chinese font myself? Does Calibre provide a stylesheet or do I need to provide it myself when I convert a .txt files?
I just want to have some off the shelf solution that does not require me to be tech-savvy. Does the nook inherently support Chinese?
Thanks!