I absolutely love my kindle, only problem is it uses a proprietary DRM format for books you purchase from Amazon. It does support PDF natively, although, given that PDF format is meant for A4, it is usually better to get the amazon service to convert it to the proprietary format to ensure it flows correctly. The Amazon service will also convert HTML, word, RTF and mobi pocket formats, but in the last case, only if the mobi pocket file is devoid of any DRM.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Stephen Liedig <slie...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > -- Scott Baldwin Readify - Associate Consultant blog: http://sjbdeveloper.blogspot.com
