Lonely Planets on ebook readers

rakis · 02-24-2009, 02:53 PM

Hi all,

I was just wondering if anybody has tried out the "buy by chapter" Lonely Planet PDFs (found here ) on a Hanlin v3 device. I'm going to do quite a bit of traveling in the coming months, and one of these devices would be a godsend compared to carrying 20 guidebooks around. Thanks so much for you input!

-Ray

pox67 · 03-03-2009, 07:42 PM

Rakis, sorry I just came across your message. Apparently there are free chapters from the Lonly Planet site but I couldn't find them. I grabbed a chapter though.

I have a Bebook with the February firmware installed.

Initial layout isn't great, tiny text and white space borders down the sides. Pretty much unreadable.

Next zoom size: quite readable and graphs are OK. Maps are just readable but full page ones get split over 2 pages and so you need to go back and forwards.

Next zoom size: easily readable but pages are now horizontal. Pictures and graphs are easily readable but a PDF page is spread over 3 Bebook screens.

This is pretty much what I was expecting as a 6" screen doesn't do PDFs well.
The Hanlin's only have a 4 grey scale screen which makes maps and pictures pretty ugly. The chapters are pretty cheap so if you can't find the free examples grab one and give it a go.

On a 8-10" screen these chapters would be completely viable.

rakis · 03-04-2009, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pox67

Rakis, sorry I just came across your message. Apparently there are free chapters from the Lonly Planet site but I couldn't find them. I grabbed a chapter though.

I have a Bebook with the February firmware installed.

Initial layout isn't great, tiny text and white space borders down the sides. Pretty much unreadable.

Next zoom size: quite readable and graphs are OK. Maps are just readable but full page ones get split over 2 pages and so you need to go back and forwards.

Next zoom size: easily readable but pages are now horizontal. Pictures and graphs are easily readable but a PDF page is spread over 3 Bebook screens.

This is pretty much what I was expecting as a 6" screen doesn't do PDFs well.
The Hanlin's only have a 4 grey scale screen which makes maps and pictures pretty ugly. The chapters are pretty cheap so if you can't find the free examples grab one and give it a go.

On a 8-10" screen these chapters would be completely viable.

Thanks much for that info!!!

02-24-2009, 02:53 PM	#1
rakis Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tucson Device: Hanlin v3 or Kindle	Lonely Planets on ebook readers Hi all, I was just wondering if anybody has tried out the "buy by chapter" Lonely Planet PDFs (found here ) on a Hanlin v3 device. I'm going to do quite a bit of traveling in the coming months, and one of these devices would be a godsend compared to carrying 20 guidebooks around. Thanks so much for you input! -Ray

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pox67 Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 12 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Australia Device: Sony PRS-505 (stolen), Bebook	Rakis, sorry I just came across your message. Apparently there are free chapters from the Lonly Planet site but I couldn't find them. I grabbed a chapter though. I have a Bebook with the February firmware installed. Initial layout isn't great, tiny text and white space borders down the sides. Pretty much unreadable. Next zoom size: quite readable and graphs are OK. Maps are just readable but full page ones get split over 2 pages and so you need to go back and forwards. Next zoom size: easily readable but pages are now horizontal. Pictures and graphs are easily readable but a PDF page is spread over 3 Bebook screens. This is pretty much what I was expecting as a 6" screen doesn't do PDFs well. The Hanlin's only have a 4 grey scale screen which makes maps and pictures pretty ugly. The chapters are pretty cheap so if you can't find the free examples grab one and give it a go. On a 8-10" screen these chapters would be completely viable.

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