Textbooks on the Kindle

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by bwit

I have purchased a couple of computer reference books for the Kindle and I've found that in most cases the figures and tables are so small they are unreadable. The Kindle really needs a zoom feature.

Bob

Chances are that's the size of the images and in that case, zoom may not make them any easier to see as they'd get fuzzy when zooming in.

[rflashman]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Chances are that's the size of the images and in that case, zoom may not make them any easier to see as they'd get fuzzy when zooming in.

I disagree, zoom works quite nicely on the Sony Reader (but not available for PDF files sadly) and I think many articles/newspapers/books would greatly benefit from being able to select an image/illustration and zoom it to screen size.

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by rflashman

I think many articles/newspapers/books would greatly benefit from being able to select an image/illustration and zoom it to screen size.

This is yet anther option that is available in some versions of MobiPocket Reader, but not in the Java-based Reader (iLiad and Kindle).

[bwit]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Chances are that's the size of the images and in that case, zoom may not make them any easier to see as they'd get fuzzy when zooming in.

I can't say what the resolution of the images in Kindle books are. My point was that in the paper version of the books the figures and tables are very readable, in the Kindle version they are not. Reference and textbooks tend to have a lot of figures and tables which makes them very hard to read on a Kindle.

Bob

[JSWolf]

If the images are not good enough, why bother? Images are rather important for text books overall.

[bwit]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

If the images are not good enough, why bother? Images are rather important for text books overall.

Attached is an example of what I'm talking about. Trust me, the data in this table is no more readable in person than in this photo.

Bob