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Until I can find a decent reader that doesn't hurt my eyes[1] and does ePub and PDF, yep, I'm buying paper books. Having the ability to highlight, draw, and ad
by protomyth 10y ago
Until I can find a decent reader that doesn't hurt my eyes[1] and does ePub and PDF, yep, I'm buying paper books. Having the ability to highlight, draw, and add post-it like notes would be a bonus since I do that with real books too.
1) the current Apple trend to get rid of all PDFs has made my Mac time a pain given I cannot get good print outs of documentation or use it on something other than an iPad.
- unfunco 10y agoUnsurprisingly, Amazon can probably help you there too. The Kindle is an excellent device for reading.
- protomyth 10y agoLast I check, ePub isn't a supported format.
- terinjokes 10y agoIf you email it to your Kindle, it often gets converted fine.
- protomyth 10y agoI was my understanding that anything with tables is problematic. Also, did Amazon stop charging for conversion?
- kjax 10y agoThere are some new e readers which do both ePub and PDF. A quick search turned up a few like the Nook GlowLight+, and a couple Kobos. Amazon's offerings don't do native ePub, but they (and others) make it trivial to email or upload an ePub and convert it to mobi and deliver to your device. I can relate with the sentiment on paper books though. It's quite great being able to quickly flip back and forth to several places, or place notes throughout. I've had luck with the highlighting feature on my Kindle, which gives a decent interface for going back and looking at all the things I've highlighted; I've developed the habit of highlighting all the important parts in a book and going back and re-reading just the highlighted bits, which has helped tremendously. Unfortunately, highlighting across pages is rather aggravating.
- protomyth 10y agoI would have bought a Kobo but I keep hearing the PDF support is problematic. I keep hoping, but LCDs seem to be good enough for the majority.