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Old 02-10-2009, 08:01 AM   #1
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Hello from Porto - Portugal
Hello All

I'm from Porto, Portugal and just found this forum.

Believe it or not I read my first e-book (ken Folet's Pillars of the Earth) only some weeks ago in a little 3,5" GPS device

Now I am in the process of trying to figure what is the "best" device for my habits, my taste and my tiny pocket size, so I found this forum and will starting to dig around a while.

I know I will find lots of Kindle fans, Sony fans, Cybook fans, and all kind of fans that will defend their own choice as the only one wise, so...

I'll take my time and harass you you some silly questions, yes, but one thing I promise...

I will search first and search again before I ask.

Thank you all

I am António
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Old 02-10-2009, 10:23 AM   #4
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Welcome to the forum António. You have questions -- we (maybe) got both biased & some unbiased answers.
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Welcome, António. You'll even find a few free titles in Portuguese in our library. And let us know if you're interested in any others.

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Welcome!

Wow, have your eyes recovered from reading Pillars of the Earth on a PDA yet? It's one of my favorite books, but it's sort of a test of endurance to read. Now you have to read World Without End, the second book in the series. It's great, possibly even better than the first book. Also very very long, being 5,082 pages on my Sony 505, using the largest font.

Happy Reading!
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Hi António and welcome to the Forum. I've had a Sony 505 for a little over a year now and like it a lot.
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Believe it or not I read my first e-book (ken Folet's Pillars of the Earth) only some weeks ago in a little 3,5" GPS device
Hi Antonio, welcome to MobileRead.

Believe it or not I was 56 pages into the paperback version of Ken Follett`s The Pillars of the Earth when I got my Sony PRS700, and that`s where the bookmark still sits.

I'm going to have to start reading it again, or maybe buy the eBook version.

Once again, welcome. WDE
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Old 02-10-2009, 06:14 PM   #9
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Hello All

I'm from Porto, Portugal and just found this forum.

Believe it or not I read my first e-book (ken Folet's Pillars of the Earth) only some weeks ago in a little 3,5" GPS device

Now I am in the process of trying to figure what is the "best" device for my habits, my taste and my tiny pocket size, so I found this forum and will starting to dig around a while.


know I will find lots of Kindle fans, Sony fans, Cybook fans, and all kind of fans that will defend their own choice as the only one wise, so...

I'll take my time and harass you you some silly questions, yes, but one thing I promise...

I will search first and search again before I ask.

Thank you all

I am António
Hello, Antonio. We welcome questions, even if you haven't searched first and have many free books for downloading here.

If you are looking for free books in Spanish, you can find them at
www.feedbooks.com
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www.manybooks.net


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Old 02-10-2009, 06:16 PM   #10
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Old 02-12-2009, 01:15 PM   #11
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Hello again to ALL and thank you very much for your warm welcome.

Of course I will start soon ask you lots of questions, but for now I'm still in the process of finding the courage to spend all that money in a e-book reader while hoping that prices start going down soon.

What I think will drive me in the end to the Cybook and apart from Sony is the price but also the fact that with Sony you can't use mobireader or any non Sony type of e-books, and I am an avid looker for free and cheap e-books and i like to have the option to use most formats...

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Welcome!

Wow, have your eyes recovered from reading Pillars of the Earth on a PDA yet? It's one of my favorite books, but it's sort of a test of endurance to read. Now you have to read World Without End, the second book in the series. It's great, possibly even better than the first book. Also very very long, being 5,082 pages on my Sony 505, using the largest font.

Happy Reading!
Even if I already read about 7 or 8 Ken Folet books, I dont think I have already read World Without End so I will look to get it soon.

Thank you also for the links to spanish books, but it is OK for me to read in English (even if it doesnt look like by the way I write it).

Of course I also like to read in Spanish, but mainly Spanish (or latin.american authors).

I also like to read in Portuguese of course (my mother language) but in terms of e-books it is a lot easier to find brazilian translations of english writing authors and I prefer to read them in English than in Brazilian (if I can't find a good Portuguese translation).


Speaking of American/Portuguese writers, does any of you reads, and likes to read Richard Zimmler?

If not I advise you to

All the best

Yours
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Bem vindo, António! É sempre bom ver portugueses a juntar-se a esta excelente comunidade.

Ah, caso não saibas, a loja Pixmania vende o Cybook em Portugal, não é preciso mandar vir do extrangeiro.
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Bem vindo, António! É sempre bom ver portugueses a juntar-se a esta excelente comunidade.

Ah, caso não saibas, a loja Pixmania vende o Cybook em Portugal, não é preciso mandar vir do extrangeiro.
Obrigado pelas Boas Vindas e pela dica

Eu já tinha tentado e tentei (mais uma vez) encontrar o Cybook no site da Pixmania mas (mais outra vez) sem sucesso.

Se puderes por favor diz-me o que estou a fazer mal (apenas fiz pesquisa por Cybook e não deu qualquer resultado).

De qualquer forma não penso vir a ter coragem antes do meu aniversário (apenas em Outubro ) e não tenho grande dificuldade de comprar em Espanha pois (infelizmente) passo lá quase metade do meu tempo, em trabalho.

Agora diz-me por favor:
Estás mesmo satisfeito com o Cybook Gen3?
Se fosse agora compravas o mesmo ou outro?

Um abraço e obrigado

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Obrigado pelas Boas Vindas e pela dica

Eu já tinha tentado e tentei (mais uma vez) encontrar o Cybook no site da Pixmania mas (mais outra vez) sem sucesso.

Se puderes por favor diz-me o que estou a fazer mal (apenas fiz pesquisa por Cybook e não deu qualquer resultado).

De qualquer forma não penso vir a ter coragem antes do meu aniversário (apenas em Outubro ) e não tenho grande dificuldade de comprar em Espanha pois (infelizmente) passo lá quase metade do meu tempo, em trabalho.

Agora diz-me por favor:
Estás mesmo satisfeito com o Cybook Gen3?
Se fosse agora compravas o mesmo ou outro?

Um abraço e obrigado

António

Tens razão, o Pixmania já não tem o Cybook. Mas como disseste, em Espanha é mais fácil de arranjar. Eu até mandei vir de lá o meu Cybook.

Eu estou satisfeito com o Cybook. Comprei-o junto com uma capa e anda comigo para todo o lado. Para ler o formato mobipocket, é o melhor. Quanto aos PDFs, tal como qualquer ereader com um écran menor que o tamanho A4, já não é grande coisa para os ler: documentos muito grandes, esquece. Tens de ler com o zoom, senão as letras ficam muito pequenas. E assim, tens de clicar 3 vezes até chegar à próxima página. Para mim é desconfortável, por isso é raro ler nesse formato.

De resto, é fininho, leve e a bateria dura bastante tempo.

Não compraria outro, porque os defeitos que lhe poderia apontar aplicam-se às outras marcas. O DR1000 da irex, com um écran bem maior, poderia ser uma alternativa interessante, se a bateria não durasse apenas 3-5 horas, fora outros aspectos menos bem pensados.

Para o ano que vem, surgirão alternativas, em princípio, melhores. Mas isso é como tudo no mundo da tecnologia. Ao fim de algum tempo, surgirá sempre algo melhor.

Resumindo: se queres um ereader para ler literatura (como por exemplo o livro que mencionaste no teu post original), o Cybook é perfeito. Incluindo o seu tamanho.
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Tens razão, o Pixmania já não tem o Cybook. Mas como disseste, em Espanha é mais fácil de arranjar. Eu até mandei vir de lá o meu Cybook. ...
O engraçado é que, indo mais a fundo a Pixmania (Portugal) tem o Bebook que não sei como se compara com o Cybook e, no site do Cybook, tem link para a Pixmania mas de Inglaterra...

Enfim, vou lendo as reviews, vou procurando ganhar coragem (ontem deixai mais do dobro disto no dentista ) e pode ser que a minha mulher tenha pena e me diga: Vá lá....

Outro abraço

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