PRS-505

Foxblood · 12-11-2008, 02:00 PM

Hello everyone!

I am very interested in purchasing an ebook reader but I have a few questions. I have searched the forums and it has been very helpful in the learning process needed to make an accurate decision on which device will work best for me. I mainly read novels and I already have a large collection of ebooks but they are almost all in PDF format. I am wondering if the PRS-505 would work ok for this (with the latest firmware). The novels that I have do not have any pictures or digarams or graphs or anything complicated like that. I have read a lot of different opinions on PDF viewing on this forum but I am still a little undecided. If all I wanted to do was read PDF format novels from my current collection will the prs-505 be a good choice? Thank you very much for the help in advanced!!

One final question. How hard is it to change a PDF format into another format the PRS-505 would be able to handle better if a PDF novel was not readable?

grooks · 12-11-2008, 03:10 PM

No device reads pdfs perfectly (expect maybe the 10" iRex) but the Sony reflow handles it better than the other devices.

I read a lot of pdfs downloaded from my local library and find it sufficient as a reading format. There are some quirks. Sometimes the reflow will seperate a sentence and make it look like it is part of separate paragraphs. Also, the Sony does not reflow the page numbers. A single pdf page may equate to two pages on the Reader, both pages will have the same page number and the 2nd page may only have 1 or 2 lines of text.

If you are in an area where you can hold and play with a Sony, copy a few pdfs onto a SD card and try to open them on the device and see if the reflow formatting is something you could live with.

Foxblood · 12-11-2008, 05:55 PM

Thank you very much for the advice! I guess I will have to check if there is some place here that I can try one out for myself

12-11-2008, 02:00 PM	#1
Foxblood Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: none	PRS-505 Hello everyone! I am very interested in purchasing an ebook reader but I have a few questions. I have searched the forums and it has been very helpful in the learning process needed to make an accurate decision on which device will work best for me. I mainly read novels and I already have a large collection of ebooks but they are almost all in PDF format. I am wondering if the PRS-505 would work ok for this (with the latest firmware). The novels that I have do not have any pictures or digarams or graphs or anything complicated like that. I have read a lot of different opinions on PDF viewing on this forum but I am still a little undecided. If all I wanted to do was read PDF format novels from my current collection will the prs-505 be a good choice? Thank you very much for the help in advanced!! One final question. How hard is it to change a PDF format into another format the PRS-505 would be able to handle better if a PDF novel was not readable?

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12-11-2008, 03:10 PM	#2
grooks Wizard Posts: 1,326 Karma: 30250 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Myers, FL Device: Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma	No device reads pdfs perfectly (expect maybe the 10" iRex) but the Sony reflow handles it better than the other devices. I read a lot of pdfs downloaded from my local library and find it sufficient as a reading format. There are some quirks. Sometimes the reflow will seperate a sentence and make it look like it is part of separate paragraphs. Also, the Sony does not reflow the page numbers. A single pdf page may equate to two pages on the Reader, both pages will have the same page number and the 2nd page may only have 1 or 2 lines of text. If you are in an area where you can hold and play with a Sony, copy a few pdfs onto a SD card and try to open them on the device and see if the reflow formatting is something you could live with.

12-11-2008, 05:55 PM	#3
Foxblood Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: none	Thank you very much for the advice! I guess I will have to check if there is some place here that I can try one out for myself

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