I just bought the Sony Daily Edition and have to say I'm quite happy with it. Have bought books off Manning Publishing which support a variety of formats including ePub, mobi and PDF (you get all three versions with your purchase), and so far the best format I have seen is ePub. PDF is a bit hit and miss (on the reader), but looks great on PC. For the most part it doesn't do well with the scaling of type but its not totally unreadable. I have a lot of PDF documents I have downloaded off Safari and books I've purchased elsewhere they look ok for the most part but are sometimes hard to read.
I have bought Apress books in PDF format, but turns out you can't view these because of they password protect their files which the ereaders cannot handle. Lucky I have found a way to bypass that. ;-) I believe Apress are looking into this and considering other options. Oreilly now also support epub and pdf (but only newer titles), so it looks like we have a few major candidates emerging (pdf and epub). Not sure about Kindle format which is popular in US but nowhere else. As for .net converters not sure. Steve On 17 February 2010 12:34, Michael Nemtsev <nemt...@msn.com> wrote: > I would wait for the HP Slate, but they say that the Sony eReader has the > largest formats support > http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666064650#specifications, > however not CHM and XPS – need to convert them > > > > WBR, > > *Michael Nemtsev*, Microsoft MVP > > > > http://www.sharepoint-sandbox.com > > http://msmvps.com/blogs/laflour > > > > *From:* ausdotnet-boun...@lists.codify.com [mailto: > ausdotnet-boun...@lists.codify.com] *On Behalf Of *Ian Thomas > *Sent:* Wednesday, 17 February 2010 11:30 PM > *To:* 'ausDotNet' > *Subject:* [OT] eBook formats > > > > I realise “ebook” is evolving or is a moving target, but maybe someone can > shed some light or offer suggestions. > > I’ve seen HTML, PDF, and some proprietary formats. Not sure about XPS > though. > > Are there any standardized formats for eBooks, how can text / graphics be > put into the formats, and what readers are available (free, so that users > can download and then read the stuff)? > > Lastly: any role for .net coding for the conversion / creation stage? > > Or, is Adobe PDF the lingua franca (still)? > > ________________________________ > > Ian Thomas > > Victoria Park, Western Australia >
