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I have been thinking about buying an eBook reader for several years, but only now are there some reasonable choices available. I am considering two possibilities, the Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook Color. The Kindle is light with a long battery life but at first glance appears to be tied to the Amazon store with its proprietary format. The Nook Color is only a little more expensive, a similar size but heavier with a shorter battery life. It can display books and magazines in full colour and has some of the other capabilities of devices such as the ePad but at a lot lower price.
I would be interested in any comments on these or other readers, particularly on where to buy them from the Philippines.
In my research I have found a free programme called Calibre, described as an eBook manager. You tell it the device you are using, download an eBook in an unsupported format and it will automatically convert it to one you can read. Take a look at the demo video here http://calibre-ebook.com/. It will also do other interesting things as well.
Colin
GregW:
Colin I like the Sony E-Reader although the Nook Color is also quite nice. I will probably buy one soon. I agree with what you say about Kindle and Amazon. I buy from Google Books and Kindle is not compatible with that anyway. What I really like about Google Books is I can read them on my pc, on a compatible e-reader and also on my android phone. My pages are always bookmarked so I can pick up where I left off no matter what I device I am using. Life is good.
Here is the Sony web page for the E-Reader if you want to check it out.
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=8198552921644523779&XID=O:sony%20eReader:dg_read_gglsrch:Rea_Rea_freeship#/heroPocketReader
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I bought a CD of Ebay with 15,000 e-books on, cost about $10. The only problem was the youngest book was older than me. ;D Some interesting old classics there.
There are millions of free downloads on-line, and converters are freely available too. I use my mini laptop to read them, like a Kindle, just clumsier.
dylanaz:
I have no source for those and wish I did... locally...
I have been eyeing the local cdrking and found this.. very tempted on my last few visits there:
Reads the folloing format of ebooks: TXT, PDF, EPUB, FB2
Also suports:
Audio: MP3, WMA, OGG, APE, FLAC, AAC, WAV, AC3
Image: JPG, JPEG, BMP, GIF, support scale photo viewing, support lantern slide
Video: MKV, AVI, RM, RMVB, MP4, MOV, VOB, DAT, FLV, 3GP, Support H.264 code
Support: 720P video player
Flash: 2G
Card Reader: TF Card, up to 16GB
NOTE: Not nearly as good for ebook reading as the western products but this is a readily available local alternative if you have no other choice.
7\" version 4k
5\" version 3k pesos
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--- Quote from: GregW on February 07, 2011, 03:49:00 AM ---Colin I like the Sony E-Reader although the Nook Color is also quite nice. I will probably buy one soon. I agree with what you say about Kindle and Amazon. I buy from Google Books and Kindle is not compatible with that anyway. What I really like about Google Books is I can read them on my pc, on a compatible e-reader and also on my android phone. My pages are always bookmarked so I can pick up where I left off no matter what I device I am using. Life is good.
Here is the Sony web page for the E-Reader if you want to check it out.
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=8198552921644523779&XID=O:sony%20eReader:dg_read_gglsrch:Rea_Rea_freeship#/heroPocketReader
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Greg, the Sony E-Reader is monochrome like the Kindle and plain nook, all good if you do a lot of traveling and have no interest in colour books or magazines.
If you download the free Calibre programme, you seem to be able to convert any format to any other, I have only tried a .mobi to a .epub and that looked the same. This allows to to read the many millions of free downloads from the internet. It also has a built in e-reader which allows you to read any format on your PC, this could be a good option for newspapers and magazines, although I have not tried it yet. If you are happy with reading on your PC, then you don\'t need an independent eBook reader. I like to read in bed and I don\'t fancy taking my 19\" CRT monitor with me ;D
You can also download an android version of Calibre, and as the Nook Color has a base android operating system and Wi-Fi ability, it may be possible to work directly on that.
Colin
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