Hi from a newbie!

printmeister · 04-17-2009, 03:19 AM

Hi all,

Just joined today, as I am looking into buying a reader very soon.
I currently use a Dell PDA to read my ebooks and I'm hoping to find out if there is a reader that will cope with the formats I already have (mainly lit but also some txt, html, rtf, doc)

I'm not sure what is the best approach.... buy a reader that can read all these formats, or buy something such as the Sony and hope I can convert them.

All the best

John.

Curly · 04-17-2009, 07:57 AM

Hi printmeister and welcome to MobileRead.

Many of the formats you mentioned can be fairly easily converted to mobi or epub which could be read on a variety of different devices.

The wiki has a lot of information about different devices and formats.

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_devices

printmeister · 04-17-2009, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curly

Hi printmeister and welcome to MobileRead.

Many of the formats you mentioned can be fairly easily converted to mobi or epub which could be read on a variety of different devices.

The wiki has a lot of information about different devices and formats.

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_devices

Thanks Curly...that's really useful information!

MickeyC · 04-17-2009, 12:02 PM

Hi John and welcome to MobileRead. I read on an iPaq for years till I got my Sony 505 and it is a great improvement.

toomanybooks · 04-17-2009, 12:39 PM

Your files can be easily converted if they are DRM free. If they have DRM you will need to learn to strip the DRM before converting them.

04-17-2009, 03:19 AM	#1
printmeister Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: none	Hi from a newbie! Hi all, Just joined today, as I am looking into buying a reader very soon. I currently use a Dell PDA to read my ebooks and I'm hoping to find out if there is a reader that will cope with the formats I already have (mainly lit but also some txt, html, rtf, doc) I'm not sure what is the best approach.... buy a reader that can read all these formats, or buy something such as the Sony and hope I can convert them. All the best John.

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Curly I need a holiday! Posts: 1,227 Karma: 4622 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scotland Device: PRS-505, ipod touch	Hi printmeister and welcome to MobileRead. Many of the formats you mentioned can be fairly easily converted to mobi or epub which could be read on a variety of different devices. The wiki has a lot of information about different devices and formats. https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_devices

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