E-book Reader Should I buy One

[Rama Krishna Vavilala]

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[lepipele]

+1 for buying monitor instead of e-book reader. (I have experience with Kindle 1, Kindle DX & iPad, by the way)

[Lost User]

Good for reading novels but not for technical documents - I've had a Sony PRS-505 for about a year and use it a fair bit.

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[Tom Delany]

I love my Kindle II, but I have never used it for technical books, so I cannot comment on how well that would work out. Also, I have not tried the native PDF support they added in the last (one of the last?) firmware update, so I cannot comment on that, either. :~

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[AspDotNetDev]

Warning: shameless tip/trick plug ahead... It may not be exactly what you are looking for, but it may be better than your current setup: View Multiple Web Browser Windows in Visual Studio. Long tip/trick short, while learning JavaScript, I liked to keep the PDF in a Visual Studio tab rather than an Adobe Reader window. Helped reduce the amount of time it took for my eyes to get used to the development environment again when swapping between it and the PDF.

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[RichardM1]

If you don't spend a lot of time in planes, I would not get an e-book reader. Depending on your requirements, I would go with a second monitor or a laptop.

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[Pete OHanlon]

iBuy hardcopy.

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[Chris Austin]

I spend a lot of times on plans but I still have no interest in an ebook reader. I'm just too old fashioned about owning the books that I buy. Everything I've read so far indicates that the drm prevents gifting, lending, trading and re-selling of the books. I wish I was wrong because they seem like nifty gizmos (my wife got me a kindle but I sent if back because of the aforementioned drm limitations)

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[Chris Austin]

My wife got me a kindle last christmas and it was slicker than grease but, the DRM on the ebooks was too restrictive so I returned it.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

I agree with all the drm drawbacks and another you mey not be affected by, regional limitations. Having said that I have used ereader for a few years now and find them better than the dead tree format. I recently read a paperback and was constantly irritated by the need to get the light right and holding the pages right, the ereader was actually more comfortable.

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[Mycroft Holmes]

As most have recommended, get a 2nd monitor, ereaders and PDF are crap, ereaders and novels on the other hand are excellent.

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[FyreWyrm]

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[Pete OHanlon]

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[PIEBALDconsult]

I'll stick with books and printed PDFs. My father-in-law has a Kindle; he uses it mostly for his daily paper. Last Christmas we wanted to buy a book for him, but couldn't find a way to buy a book for someone else's Kindle. :confused:

[RichardM1]

I need to feel the paper, and be able to easily flip pages.

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[Henry Minute]

I was considering the same thing a while ago but took TrollSlayers' advice and decided not to. I don't read many fiction books any more and the consensus seems to be that they are not yet good enough with technical books/PDFs. Not to mention the DRM problems.

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[Rama Krishna Vavilala]

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[peterchen]

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[smcnulty2000]

I have a sony, 500. And I do enjoy it. I agree with the consensus; great for novels. Not great or even good for anything technical. Lousy for anything where you have to find pages or look at multiple sections over a small time period. Excellent if you want to read books with expired copyrights. Like novels from the late 1800's. These are the sorts of things you can't easily get at a library but you can read them in this form if someone has taken them from Project Gutenberg. Ironic, using the newest technologies to read the oldest books (superlatives inserted for effect, I know that this isn't the newest and I doubt you can find much incunabula for e-readers). You might consider a netbook and just set it next to your computer for tech stuff. Prices being what they are. There is also a problem that every book you want isn't necessarily available in e-form. Usually this means your favorite series. What else... If you accidentally drop your paperback into the water at the beach or your tub you mostly can just rebuy the book- not so with the e-readers. You lose a very expensive machine. The books usually can be re-downloaded for free. You are at the mercy of the manufacturer if they decide to do something dramatic like change how drm works. Next thing you know you have to send in your device for a firmware update or else no longer be able to load new books into it. These devices do not like extreme heat or cold, so you have to remember to not leave it in the car on an extreme day. They are good if you have to wait anywhere. My usual place is doctor's waiting rooms while waiting for my wife to get her appointment. I also use mine a lot at lunch. It means I don't have to decide which book I'm taking before I go. The BOOKS AREN'T CHEAPER. At least not enough to justify. I used to wonder what the f they were thinking selling me an e-book for a greater price than amazon would ship the hardback for. I'm probably forgetting something else big but that should give you the jist. In keeping: KITTY: "I was reading a book the other day." CARLOTTA: "Reading a book?" KITTY: "Yes. It's all about civilization or something, a nutty kind of a book. Do you know that the guy said that machinery is going to take the place of every profession?" CARLOTTA: "Oh, my dear, that's something you need never worry about."

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