Owen - I nearly got myself the new Kindle DX precisely because I have tons of technical PDFs and no simple portable way of reading them (hey, my failing eyesight means if it's not on 8.5 x 11 I can't see it...). The Kindle was getting dinged by a lot of people for its poor PDF support (no bookmarks, poor searching, can't follow links). As a user, what's your experience been?
And how reader-friendly is the glossy screen of the iPad? Is it visible out of doors (I like to read books & papers on my deck, not in dark subterranean environs)? Advice please! -- R On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > Interesting: Amazon ebooks surpass hardcover books: > http://tinyurl.com/2esb5x6 > > With both a kindle and an ipad, I find I'm reading a lot more ebooks. The > complete works of Sherlock Holmes on the kindle just now ($.99) and two > computer tech books (HTML5, JavaScript) from SitePoint ($5.00 on sale last > week). They certainly weigh less! (Great for large travel books, for > example) > > I think tech book are going to be majority ebooks soon, simply because they > go out of date so quickly. The tech folks are doing a good job of making a > book a complete experience, including multiple formats (epub, pdf, mobi). > Most formats now have an app (ipad, iphone, ipad, android, desktop) so the > books can be used on multiple devices. > > It'll be nice when they have fewer formats, or at least all devices handle > them all. > > -- Owen > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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