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- RE: $299 Kindle: Great, now make it read PDF!
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P.S. I had a netbook (the hp mini with 160g hdd, webcam, etc etc). It just does not have the clarity that the Kindle has, and frankly, even though it is 'small' it also 'too large'... much larger/heavier than the Kindle.
AND to read a pdf on the Kindle, you simply need to email the pdf to the kindle server where the file is 'translated' into asw format and sent back to you via email in about 30 seconds (which means of course that their system is just changing a header... a header that my team in the Ukraine could crack quickly, but why bother, when Kindle translates it for free?
I had about a two-day 'adjustment' to using the Kindle, now I have about 150 books on it and I will NEVER go back to 'physical books'... and as for old dogs/new tricks, I'm 61 years old.
I can read for HOURS more than I could if I had a 'physical' book, because of the etext design which is REALLY easy on the eyes.
Hurrah for the Kindle! Note: I AM organizing a class-action lawsuit against Amazon, however, because they tell me I cannot sell or give away my 'ebooks' because they are, apparently, not covered by the copyright laws but by some drm laws. It is my stance that the e-books have ISBN numbers, therefore they are BOOKS and ARE covered by copyright laws. Since I started out in publishing (did the original layout/content editing of the first release of "What Color Is Your Parachute?" etc), I think I will WIN this battle. Time will tell. - Posted by: viweed@... Posted on: 08/05/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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