I purchased CyBook Gen3 from Bookeen which supports number of formats. By far the best format for me is the mobipocket, I have not tried ePub. I believe both are based on HTML hence the re-flow capability. I too have lots of books in PDF but in order for the reader to show them (as PDF) in an "acceptable" way, the hardware has to support re-flowable PDFs. I just convert my PDFs to mobipocket with reasonably good results using Mobipocket creator (http://www.mobipocket.com/en/downloadSoft/ProductDetailsCreator.asp )
I believe the eslick from Foxit already supports re-flowable PDFs. HTH, Filip On 18 February 2010 08:41, Scott Baldwin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *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 >
