I can't answer your question about Kindles but wonder if you have tried the kindle app on your ipad or on your computer it is free. On Jan 3, 2014, at 12:23 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote:
> As 2013 was near its end, several publishers of technical books had blowout > sales on their ebook editions. I bought several that had PDF, EPUB and MOBI > formats. PDF is the standard Acrobat format. EPUB is the standard that Apple > and most other ebook mongers prefer. MOBI is the ebook format preferred by > Amazon. > > All three formats contain pretty much identical formatted text, but the sizes > of the files are annoyingly different. For example, here are two of the books > I bought: > > > The LaTeX Companion > PDF 18.6 MB > EPUB 128 MB > MOBI 242 MB > > Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing > PDF 20.4 MB > EPUB 119 MB > MOBI 254 MB > > > There is little visible difference between the EPUB and MOBI formats on an > iPad. PDF looks a lot better, but doesn't flow to the screen size, as do the > other formats, so I find myself panning and zooming to read small text like > complicated exponents, subscripts and footnotes. > > I've been thinking of getting a Kindle as a second ebook reader for the home. > Which Kindles allow you to easily read unconverted PDF and EPUB formats? With > PDF, how easy is the pan and zoom? > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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