05-02-2007, 10:36 PM | #1 |
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Help choosing new ebook device
Hello all. Totally new and glad to have found the site!
So here is the issue. I have owned a Gemstar REB for about 5 years now. I absolutely love it. The quality of the screen is amazing, and with the 1 gig card I have in it, I have a ton of titles. The problem of course here is two fold: 1: Gemstar is out of business. No more books. *sigh* 2: I want to get a new ebook, but I need similar features. My biggest priorities are a good, readable screen, and most important of all, it MUST be backlit. This is to allow me to read at night after wifey has gone to bed. So the question is, of the current ebooks out there, what ones are large screen, backlit, and come from a quality company. Look wise, I am totally taken by the Hanlin eReader, but I can’t tell from what I’ve read if it is back lit or not. Also, having the capability to read PDF is another very high on my list. There are certain titles I have that are public domain so I can update them to an ebook that excepts TXT or PDF, but more importantly a few of our favorite authors (ok 1 in particular) has all her books on PDF format. So please advice away! And glad to be here. Last edited by Hobbesdawg; 05-02-2007 at 11:09 PM. |
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Also, you can read PDFs on your ebook using PDFRead -- I created the tool for the very same reason, reading PDFs on my 1100 (see mobileread thread). I personally am going to wait till eInk becomes more widespread with falling prices and greater reliability. I would suggest that you try the above ideas and see if they suit you. If it ain't broke, don't fix it |
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So, what program then, after useing PDFRead should I use to import into the book? Thanks for the info so far! Great thing about the old Gemstar (it's the eBookWise ETI-1 or whatever it's called) is the backlite... pitty that won't work with eInk. |
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05-03-2007, 12:27 PM | #4 |
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Wierd it wouldn't let me quote.
Ok, I tried PDFRead last night. it converts fine but the program I used to try to import (somethingPublisher) didn't work for the converted file. It wouldn't even open it. Sooooooo after you use PDFRead what do you use for uploading your own documents to your REB? |
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