Comments on: My Search For The Best PDF Ebook Reader Is Over http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/ Law of Attraction - Self Development - Spirituality & Internet Income Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:59:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Derrick http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2618 John Derrick Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:37:18 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2618 Hello Chris, Yes, you can put your own ebooks on it. I own a LOT of ebooks, including PDF's, and if I couldn't load my own books on to the new Kindle, then I wouldn't want it. Be careful to not get the new kindle with ads though, that one places ads on your device. They are not real clear about it either. They call it "Special Offers". Use this link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HFS6Z0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=custperfcomp-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B004HFS6Z0 You'll see the "Special Offers" is $114, and the no ads version is $139 Hope this helps, - John Derrick Hello Chris,

Yes, you can put your own ebooks on it.

I own a LOT of ebooks, including PDF’s, and if I couldn’t load my own books on to the new Kindle, then I wouldn’t want it.

Be careful to not get the new kindle with ads though, that one places ads on your device. They are not real clear about it either. They call it “Special Offers”.

Use this link:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HFS6Z0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=custperfcomp-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B004HFS6Z0

You’ll see the “Special Offers” is $114, and the no ads version is $139

Hope this helps,

– John Derrick

]]> By: Chris http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2617 Chris Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:53:36 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2617 Ok, so the new Kindle 3 is awesome, but one question.. can you put your own e-books on it? I know previous ones wouldn't allow it, and in your rundown of the new one, you didn't mention one way or another whether this had been addressed Ok, so the new Kindle 3 is awesome, but one question.. can you put your own e-books on it? I know previous ones wouldn’t allow it, and in your rundown of the new one, you didn’t mention one way or another whether this had been addressed

]]> By: Hafez http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2498 Hafez Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:42:52 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2498 what about the Nook? I'm having the same problem you faced, I've used the PSP for about 4 years to read books but still doesn't support arabic, most of my PDF are scanned images combined in a PDF file, so I had save the PDF to images and to resize the images then combine it once again thus the PSP ebookr can open it anyways I liked the new Nook first touch, and it enables me to ad microsd card up to 32Gb which lacks the kindle do you know what about the nook when openeing a pdf based on images? I was close to order one but I'm not sure it'd be the perfect choice and I have to say, your article is brilliant, one of the best I've read recently, and I liked that you are neutral to each brand not a fanboy of apple nor amazon what about the Nook?
I’m having the same problem you faced, I’ve used the PSP for about 4 years to read books but still doesn’t support arabic, most of my PDF are scanned images combined in a PDF file, so I had save the PDF to images and to resize the images then combine it once again thus the PSP ebookr can open it
anyways I liked the new Nook first touch, and it enables me to ad microsd card up to 32Gb which lacks the kindle
do you know what about the nook when openeing a pdf based on images? I was close to order one but I’m not sure it’d be the perfect choice

and I have to say, your article is brilliant, one of the best I’ve read recently, and I liked that you are neutral to each brand not a fanboy of apple nor amazon

]]> By: Matt http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2472 Matt Sat, 14 May 2011 09:47:11 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2472 Do any users of the Kindle for reading pdfs find that the storage isn't adequate? I have 50G (yes thats fifty gigabytes) of pdfs. No of course I can't read them all at the same time, but it would be nice to store quite a few of them on the reader. I'm tempted by the Android tablets that allow SD cards but have still not taken the leap. Matt Do any users of the Kindle for reading pdfs find that the storage isn’t adequate? I have 50G (yes thats fifty gigabytes) of pdfs. No of course I can’t read them all at the same time, but it would be nice to store quite a few of them on the reader. I’m tempted by the Android tablets that allow SD cards but have still not taken the leap.

Matt

]]> By: AvidReader http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2343 AvidReader Wed, 04 May 2011 17:44:59 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2343 I can not believe how low the price has become on the Amazon Kindle. I've spent more on a visit to my local bookstore. It appears that the price on Amazon is lower for me once I click the link in this article. - This one: http://johnderrick.com/NewKindle Thank you for the price break. I can not believe how low the price has become on the Amazon Kindle.

I’ve spent more on a visit to my local bookstore.

It appears that the price on Amazon is lower for me once I click the link in this article.

- This one:

http://johnderrick.com/NewKindle

Thank you for the price break.

]]> By: Lance http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2334 Lance Tue, 03 May 2011 20:53:29 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2334 Kindle all the way. Kindle all the way.

]]> By: John Derrick http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2233 John Derrick Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:45:27 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2233 Hello Jay, I just did an update to this article since a lot of things have changed since I originally wrote this. The New Kindle that I linked to in my update looks incredible. Back when I wrote this article the original Kindle was lacking in many areas. Hello Jay,

I just did an update to this article since a lot of things have changed since I originally wrote this. The New Kindle that I linked to in my update looks incredible.

Back when I wrote this article the original Kindle was lacking in many areas.

]]> By: Ola A http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2230 Ola A Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:12:33 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2230 Great article - exactly what i was looking for and mirrors much of my experience. I am at the stage of looking at the iPad 2 as there is a plug in memory card reader available now. However I equally dislike itunes as programme (I'm at the stage of using an itune alternative program along with itunes on my iPhone). I Will check out the link for the new Kindle - this could be the solution. Cheers. ola, UK Great article – exactly what i was looking for and mirrors much of my experience. I am at the stage of looking at the iPad 2 as there is a plug in memory card reader available now. However I equally dislike itunes as programme (I’m at the stage of using an itune alternative program along with itunes on my iPhone).
I Will check out the link for the new Kindle – this could be the solution.
Cheers. ola, UK

]]> By: Jay S http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2229 Jay S Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:08:48 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2229 The writer apparently has not discovered the benefits of e-ink display. That is the ONLY reason I got a reader. It is exactly like reading a book with as much eye-strain as reading an ink-on-paper book. Reading on backlit LCD does not even come close. How about using Calibre to convert PDFs to MOBI? K3 is an amazing device. It also has USB connectivity for uploading your own books directly into the device. The battery lasts forever on a single charge. (I discovered that adding a lot of books drains the battery for a few days at an astonishing rate. Apparently, Kindle indexes words of the new books even while it is turned off. That is a one-time thing.) The writer apparently has not discovered the benefits of e-ink display. That is the ONLY reason I got a reader. It is exactly like reading a book with as much eye-strain as reading an ink-on-paper book. Reading on backlit LCD does not even come close. How about using Calibre to convert PDFs to MOBI? K3 is an amazing device. It also has USB connectivity for uploading your own books directly into the device. The battery lasts forever on a single charge. (I discovered that adding a lot of books drains the battery for a few days at an astonishing rate. Apparently, Kindle indexes words of the new books even while it is turned off. That is a one-time thing.)

]]> By: Keivan http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2222 Keivan Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:26:03 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2222 This is a great set of posts. Thanks John and other contributors. I am looking for a pdf reader that can run a local search engine so i can look fpr topics in my literally hundreds of academic articles all in pdf format. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Keivan This is a great set of posts. Thanks John and other contributors. I am looking for a pdf reader that can run a local search engine so i can look fpr topics in my literally hundreds of academic articles all in pdf format. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Keivan

]]> By: Jonathan http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2217 Jonathan Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:47:47 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2217 The Kindle 3 handles PDFs, does it not? I realise that was not available when you wrote your blog post... but it is now -- for those who want a real ebook reader that handles PDF. "Real" meaning that it's a dedicated ebook reader, with Ink screen (preferably). As for the netbook: I have one (Asus eeePC). Installed OS X on it, which was a massive improvement over Windows (and linux, which I tried before OSX). But no way do I consider it an ebook reader. It's just a small laptop, with a glossy and glare producing LCD screen. The Kindle 3 handles PDFs, does it not? I realise that was not available when you wrote your blog post… but it is now — for those who want a real ebook reader that handles PDF. “Real” meaning that it’s a dedicated ebook reader, with Ink screen (preferably).

As for the netbook: I have one (Asus eeePC). Installed OS X on it, which was a massive improvement over Windows (and linux, which I tried before OSX). But no way do I consider it an ebook reader. It’s just a small laptop, with a glossy and glare producing LCD screen.

]]> By: Jonty http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2203 Jonty Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:16:29 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2203 Fully agree with you John--I've been using a mini Sony Vaio (VGN-T27) for years and now a small laptop similar to the Eee PC mainly for reading pdfs. No need for eeRotate, just Ctrl-Shift + or Ctrl Shift - in Acrobat reader to rotate the pdf. Also Cltr-L full screen mode I use all the time too. Another advantage of the netbooks as you show in the picture, they stand up by themselves. I read lots in bed, no arm fatigue holding books open and the cursors keys/mouse pad buttons are easy access to flip pages. The only thing I don't like about the Samsung (and your EeePC is the same) is the 1024x600 screen resolution compared to the 1280x768 of the Vaio I used to have. Some pdfs I can't read unless zooming in and sometimes larger dialog boxes have to be moved around to see the buttons. Fully agree with you John–I’ve been using a mini Sony Vaio (VGN-T27) for years and now a small laptop similar to the Eee PC mainly for reading pdfs.

No need for eeRotate, just Ctrl-Shift + or Ctrl Shift – in Acrobat reader to rotate the pdf. Also Cltr-L full screen mode I use all the time too.

Another advantage of the netbooks as you show in the picture, they stand up by themselves. I read lots in bed, no arm fatigue holding books open and the cursors keys/mouse pad buttons are easy access to flip pages.

The only thing I don’t like about the Samsung (and your EeePC is the same) is the 1024×600 screen resolution compared to the 1280×768 of the Vaio I used to have. Some pdfs I can’t read unless zooming in and sometimes larger dialog boxes have to be moved around to see the buttons.

]]> By: Peter http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2198 Peter Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:44:34 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2198 Hi, maybe you all should take a look at pocketbook pro 903.Excellent for pdf, because of its screen size! The 902 has same size but lower specs (no touch screen e.g) If you need a cheap tablet, they have one, but the screen is smaller! Hi, maybe you all should take a look at pocketbook pro 903.Excellent for pdf, because of its screen size! The 902 has same size but lower specs (no touch screen e.g)
If you need a cheap tablet, they have one, but the screen is smaller!

]]> By: Tess http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2116 Tess Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:39:39 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2116 Has anyone tried the Pandigital Novel? It's my understanding it was designed to read pdf files - there is no conversion required, and it does have an sd slot. I don't have one but after months of research, it's what I'm leaning towards. I'm tired of only having my laptop as an option for reading my books, ALL of which are in pdf format, and almost NONE of which I have read, due to the fact that I don't want to lug around my heavy laptop with the two hour battery..... Has anyone tried the Pandigital Novel? It’s my understanding it was designed to read pdf files – there is no conversion required, and it does have an sd slot. I don’t have one but after months of research, it’s what I’m leaning towards. I’m tired of only having my laptop as an option for reading my books, ALL of which are in pdf format, and almost NONE of which I have read, due to the fact that I don’t want to lug around my heavy laptop with the two hour battery…..

]]> By: Leain http://johnderrick.com/miscellaneous/john-derrick-personal/my-search-for-the-best-pdf-ebook-reader-is-over/comment-page-3/#comment-2115 Leain Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:40:54 +0000 http://johnderrick.com/?p=290#comment-2115 I am desperate to find a e-reader that will do PDF and word. My intention is to create a library specific to my uni where all documents can be stored as well as books pertaining to my uni subjects plus anything that will compliment it (legislation - COP - managment plans ect) i will check out your advice and get back to you. Thanks for the article though. Its given me direction. I am desperate to find a e-reader that will do PDF and word. My intention is to create a library specific to my uni where all documents can be stored as well as books pertaining to my uni subjects plus anything that will compliment it (legislation – COP – managment plans ect) i will check out your advice and get back to you. Thanks for the article though. Its given me direction.

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