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I'm thinking of getting one of the new Kindles, and being able to read Hacker Monthly on it would be a big selling point. Has anyone put Hacker Monthly on thei

I'm thinking of getting one of the new Kindles, and being able to read Hacker Monthly on it would be a big selling point. Has anyone put Hacker Monthly on their Kindle? How does that gorgeous PDF translate to the Kindle?

acangiano 16y ago
My wife ordered a Kindle DX for my birthday and it should be here in a few days. The first thing that I plan to do is put magazines like this one and a few PDFs I bought to the test. I plan to write a detailed review with pictures in my blog. If you can wait a week or two, I'll write a very thorough review.
- jackowayed 16y ago
  Sweet. I would buy one of the brand new ones that don't ship for a month, so I can definitely wait. I look forward to your review.
  - rodh257 16y ago
    the brand new ones are the basic Kindle aren't they? He has bought the DX which is the more expensive one with a larger screen (said to be more suited to PDF files)
    - jackowayed 16y ago
      Yes. I was most worried about the Kindle's rendering, but I guess size could be an issue too.
- jteo 16y ago
  Do share your experience. Thanks!
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ews 16y ago
I have just finished HM #2 on my 2nd gen kindle. It look gorgeous and it's easy to read even without rotating the screen. I can post some pictures of it somewhere if you need.
- jackowayed 16y ago
  I wouldn't mind seeing a few pictures, especially of the more visual pages like the pictures leading into the articles, some of the ads, etc. But I can also just take your word for it if you don't feel like taking and posting pictures.
  - CrazedGeek 16y ago
    I took a few: http://imgur.com/a/5MV4D/hacker_monthly_3_on_kindle_2_us http://imgur.com/a/5MV4D/hacker_monthly_3_on_kindle_2_us Reading was decently nice, but loading was a tiny bit slow and using the rocker instead of the next page button was a bit annoying when reading zoomed-in content. (I'd think that would be better on the K3's d-pad, though) (I just noticed that some of the text is readable in the whole-page view in the screenshots - on the actual device, it's a tiny bit blurry)
  - ews 16y ago
    Actually I just checked HM #3 on PDF and looks too small on the kindle, barely enough to be read. The three column layout makes the font too tiny. I didn't realized I had an epub version of #2 (converted to kindle format using calibre), which can be read perfectly. I have taken some pictures as example : #3 on PDF, vertical layout http://i.imgur.com/6w80g.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6w80g.jpg #3 on PDF, horizontal, with some complex graphics : http://i.imgur.com/RfeUH.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RfeUH.jpg #2 epub, horizontal layout, smallest font size: http://i.imgur.com/c39gL.jpg http://i.imgur.com/c39gL.jpg
    - naner 16y ago
      Actually I just checked HM #3 on PDF and looks too small on the kindle, barely enough to be read. Possibly because he adjusted the font size by a point. For 8.5x11 PDFs you really need a Kindle DX or iPad.
cglee 16y ago
I just emailed the pdf to my Kindle DX. The images are perfect, but the text is very small in portrait mode. As far as I can tell, I can't zoom or enlarge the text. The text becomes much more readable in landscape mode, but the reading columns are split between pages, so I have to go back and forth to read one complete page.

acangiano 16y ago

My wife ordered a Kindle DX for my birthday and it should be here in a few days. The first thing that I plan to do is put magazines like this one and a few PDFs I bought to the test. I plan to write a detailed review with pictures in my blog. If you can wait a week or two, I'll write a very thorough review.

jackowayed 16y ago
Sweet. I would buy one of the brand new ones that don't ship for a month, so I can definitely wait. I look forward to your review.
- rodh257 16y ago
  the brand new ones are the basic Kindle aren't they? He has bought the DX which is the more expensive one with a larger screen (said to be more suited to PDF files)
  - jackowayed 16y ago
    Yes. I was most worried about the Kindle's rendering, but I guess size could be an issue too.
jteo 16y ago
Do share your experience. Thanks!

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ews 16y ago

I have just finished HM #2 on my 2nd gen kindle. It look gorgeous and it's easy to read even without rotating the screen. I can post some pictures of it somewhere if you need.

jackowayed 16y ago
I wouldn't mind seeing a few pictures, especially of the more visual pages like the pictures leading into the articles, some of the ads, etc. But I can also just take your word for it if you don't feel like taking and posting pictures.
- CrazedGeek 16y ago
  I took a few: http://imgur.com/a/5MV4D/hacker_monthly_3_on_kindle_2_us http://imgur.com/a/5MV4D/hacker_monthly_3_on_kindle_2_us Reading was decently nice, but loading was a tiny bit slow and using the rocker instead of the next page button was a bit annoying when reading zoomed-in content. (I'd think that would be better on the K3's d-pad, though) (I just noticed that some of the text is readable in the whole-page view in the screenshots - on the actual device, it's a tiny bit blurry)
- ews 16y ago
  Actually I just checked HM #3 on PDF and looks too small on the kindle, barely enough to be read. The three column layout makes the font too tiny. I didn't realized I had an epub version of #2 (converted to kindle format using calibre), which can be read perfectly. I have taken some pictures as example : #3 on PDF, vertical layout http://i.imgur.com/6w80g.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6w80g.jpg #3 on PDF, horizontal, with some complex graphics : http://i.imgur.com/RfeUH.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RfeUH.jpg #2 epub, horizontal layout, smallest font size: http://i.imgur.com/c39gL.jpg http://i.imgur.com/c39gL.jpg
  - naner 16y ago
    Actually I just checked HM #3 on PDF and looks too small on the kindle, barely enough to be read. Possibly because he adjusted the font size by a point. For 8.5x11 PDFs you really need a Kindle DX or iPad.

cglee 16y ago

I just emailed the pdf to my Kindle DX. The images are perfect, but the text is very small in portrait mode. As far as I can tell, I can't zoom or enlarge the text. The text becomes much more readable in landscape mode, but the reading columns are split between pages, so I have to go back and forth to read one complete page.