Hi .. i like to read Greek text e-books

[Apowen]

Can any one help me on
1) What i have to buy so it can support Greek text
2) where i can find Greek text ebooks?
3) does all support dpf ?

I will be very pleased from ur help
Apowen

[omk3]

Geia sou Apowen

I can read greek on my sony prs-600, at least I can read pdf files. I think the fonts have to be embedded for the greek characters to display properly.
Bebook and a device from Plaisio (brand name turbo-x, but most probably re-brand of another device) are sold in Greece, so presumably they support greek characters. I don't think you will have a problem with any device, one way or another. If Greek is not supported natively, you can always embed the greek font or change the default font of the device to one supporting greek.

Now, the availability of greek ebooks is another matter... You can see this post about greek ebooks beginning to appear in the market https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71813. I still can't find any greek ebooks being sold at this moment though... The darknet is a fairly good source until at last the greek ebook market gets going... Oh, and the publisher Kastaniotis does offer some ebooks for free here: http://www.kastaniotis.com/multimedia/ebooks/

[EDIT] I just tried one of the Kastaniotis epub books and it doesn't work so well. One, I get a "page error" message, which seems to be due to faulty epub construction on their part. But more importantly, they have not embedded any greek font: I could see most characters correctly except for the accented ones... This can be solved however by either embedding a greek font or hacking the device and substituting its default font with another that supports ALL greek characters. Other devices don't need all those workarounds of course. If I remember correctly, cybook had no problems with greek, and even if it did, it gave the user the chance to add fonts without hacking.

[Ulli]

It should be no problem to read greek with PocketBook.

Do you have a testfile? i can make you a screenshot of the view on the PocketBook.

[desertgrandma]

Welcome to MobileRead, apowen.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by omk3

Other devices don't need all those workarounds of course. If I remember correctly, cybook had no problems with greek, and even if it did, it gave the user the chance to add fonts without hacking.

Yes, the CyBook works just fine with Attic Greek (with the correct font loaded); it should work equally well for modern Greek.

[Apowen]

Hi ...I want really to thank u so much for ur help....Thank soo much all of u ...
GREAT HELP....
Apowen

[SharonFruit]

Boox 60 or PocketBooks (all models)

Both these devices operate under Linux, which makes life of international, other-than-English-languages, readers easier. All you need is the appropriate font that supports appropriate language.

You can have a look at those devices at www.ereadersandtablets.com

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by SharonFruit

Boox 60 or PocketBooks (all models)

Both these devices operate under Linux, which makes life of international, other-than-English-languages, readers easier.

While that is true, it's a bit of a "red herring". EVERY eInk device currently on the market runs Linux. The fact that a reader runs Linux is entirely irrelevent; what's important is the ability to load your own fonts.

[SharonFruit]

Originally Posted by HarryT

While that is true, it's a bit of a "red herring". EVERY eInk device currently on the market runs Linux. The fact that a reader runs Linux is entirely irrelevent; what's important is the ability to load your own fonts.

OK, you're probably right... I thought that Linux automatically gives you adding fonts capability...

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by SharonFruit

OK, you're probably right... I thought that Linux automatically gives you adding fonts capability...

I can't think off-hand of any reader that doesn't let you change the fonts, but some readers make it a lot easier than others. On devices like the Pocketbook and CyBook, for example, you just have to copy font files into a folder. On devices like the Kindle or Sony, you have to "hack" the firmware in order to do it.