Um, hi?

[silvercat63.livejournal.com]

Hello, oh wonderful people who can hopefully answer my burning questions! (Is the flattery working?) I'm really interested in Barnes & Noble's new eBook called the nook. The nook just came out about a month ago so it's very new, but it's already back ordered to February 11! I've been keeping an eye on it because I like what I see.The Kindle and Sony eReader just look weird to me, and I don't like the way they operate. But then, I've only ever seen the much abused Sony eReader at my local Best Buy store and the info about the Kindle on Amazon so I could very well be mistaken. The nook is the only ebook/ereader that I've actually gotten to play with and explore much so I may very well be prejudiced. If I am, please set me straight. I'd love to learn more about other devices from people who actually know about them! Anyway, the purpose of this post is to ask if anyone has tried out PDF files converted in NeoOffice on the nook. I have a Mac and use NeoOffice as my main word processor. My plan is to beg for a nook for Christmas and be able to read all my favorite fanfiction when ever and where ever I want. So, do you experts think my plan will work? I don't wanna get the nook only to be disappointed, not that I'd mind having access to B&N's new ebook library and all the other great features, but I really want to read my sl-ah fanfic on the go (and keep it safe - I tend to loose stuff). Thanks! Meg =) P.S. I don't think LiveJournal likes me right now. This post may be a bit confusing because of some format errors - sorry!

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[sineala.livejournal.com]

I have a Kindle, and I love it to pieces. I can confirm that PDFs (printed from OSX Print to PDF dialogue) work on the Kindle 2, but unless you've moved the fonts up in size specifically for it, the things are pretty hard to read without any zoom. (I don't know if the nook zooms.) Kindle's rotate-screen feature helps a lot, but honestly, I'd much rather read in .TXT or .MOBI/.PRC on the Kindle, so it can read aloud, adjust fonts, etc. (As far as I know, nook doesn't read .txt.) If you're reading a lot of text without fancy formatting (columns, diagrams, etc), really PDF isn't gonna be needed on the Kindle.

Both the Kindle and nook can read their own proprietary locked formats (mobi/prc/azw versus epub), and they can each read the unlocked version of their own format (but not the other's). If you're looking for free public-domain books (like from Project Gutenberg), most places will generally provide both formats. And as far as I know, the pay bookstore sites have roughly comparable selection. You can also read (mobi) library ebooks on the Kindle with a little finagling; I don't know about the nook. I am also a fan of the kindle's web access -- I can google/wiki something as I read it.

Keep in mind that you can use Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/) to convert pretty much any format to whatever the reader you pick will read. So if you're just gonna read slash, really, any reader you like will work.

[josieb1.livejournal.com]

I agree with using Calibre, whatever machine you end up with make sure you use Calibre as well,its a fabulous piece of software and completly free. You should be able to run ebook librarys and upload from both Calibre and the software that comes with the machine, I can with the Sony