On 22/03/11 10:45, Alan Pope wrote:
On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton<zl...@zleap.net> wrote:
Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open / read
normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this is the case
it would be useful.
You can, but PDF rendering is less than ideal. You're better off using
more 'native' formats on the Kindle than PDF.
thats ok i would probaby buy books in the kindle format from amazon, i
see the point about cost, but i can either buy a 100 quid book case or a
kindle, the latter is more portable and perhaps the better option. :)
its more for practicality i will howevler investigate before hand,may
sugget to the ou they look in to kindle versions of books esp as
according to amazon i can highlight and take notes, they do allow
download of course books which is handy, for on screen reading,
clearly a native version and pdf would be useful.
i could also look and see if it will be possible to save LaTeX documents
in a format forkindle it does do some ebook stuff not really looked in to it
will need to do some research :)
thanks to everyone for your help / comments.
Paul
i can also buy electronic books cheaper than paper, copies
That's not always the case. Often the electronic book costs exactly
the same as the dead-tree one.
Al.
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