These last days I had been toying with the idea of reading manga in my Pocketbook 360. After some slightly unsatisfying experiences using ePub,
Ulli put me on what seems the right path for reading manga in the device: the PDF format.
I've installed a PDF printer (that is, a program which allows you to "print" a certain file or group or files with a PDF file as the output) and I've tried it with a series called Mirai Nikki (Future Diary, if it's released in English). It has >50 chapters already released, and I've read them all in two days (Mirai Nikki is sort of addicting
) so I think I can confidently give some feedback about how it goes. I'm using 14.2, BTW, as I finally grew weary of crashes.
Plus points of reading manga in Pocketbook:
+ The screen is really crisp, and reading doesn't take any effort.
+ The available zooming and width-adjusting options help a tad in adjusting the image so that it fills the screen completely.
+ Organising is easy since you can use as many folders as you need.
Minus points:
- The PDF file for one chapter takes up an average of 12-13 MB, and it shows in the responsiveness of the device.
- Due to the filesize, you can't store complete series unless they're small ones.
- For some reason, AdobeViewer consistently shows images with less quality than PDFViewer, which forces me to use the latter.
Have you tried reading manga yourselves?