Ectaco Jetbook
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Hi all! I was looking at e-readers and liked the specs on the Ectaco Jetbook. Mainly, I liked that it supports a whole bunch of different filetypes (mobi, epub, txt, html, rtf, etc.) and has an SD card slot for expanding the memory--and adding new reading material easily.
Does anyone out there have a Jetbook? What did you think of it? Did you like it? How does it do with fanfic? How do you load up your fanfic on the reader--can you just save the file as html and then load & read it on the device?
Does anyone out there have a Jetbook? What did you think of it? Did you like it? How does it do with fanfic? How do you load up your fanfic on the reader--can you just save the file as html and then load & read it on the device?
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Date: 2011-10-30 11:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-12 09:14 pm (UTC)I ended up getting the Jetbook, and while it's not as fancy as my hubby's Kindle, it handles several different file formats (basically, anything *except* Kindle files), including my Barnes & Noble e-books, and it displays pdf files far better than the Kindle. Plus, it was *very cheap*; I got it for $50 on NewEgg...
Don't know if this will help you or not, but...
Date: 2011-11-12 05:39 pm (UTC)The T1 doesn't support HTML, but I used to have the Alex ereader, which did. However, I found it to be rather hit or miss. Sometimes HTML files looked great, sometimes they looked like crap. It probably had something to do with how they were coded. So I tended to try to get epubs whenever I could, because they were more consistent. Anyway, I have no clue if the Jetbook will be the same or not. You'll probably just have to experiment with it.
Good luck!
Re: Don't know if this will help you or not, but...
Date: 2011-11-12 09:20 pm (UTC)I ended up buying the Jetbook because I caught a sale on NewEgg & got it for US$50.
My hubby's Kindle is my only local source of comparison: the Jetbook definitely isn't as fancy, or as fast, but it can take a variety of file formats, including my Barnes & Nobles e-books & pretty much everything *except* Kindle books. And, it can format pdf books/documents far better than the Kindle. My hubby, who reads a lot of pdf books, and was cursing his otherwise beloved Kindle, saw what my Jetbook could do and ordered one of his own. :D
I was also looking longingly at the Sony. I'm assuming from your comments that it's as awesome as it looks?
Re: Don't know if this will help you or not, but...
Date: 2011-11-14 07:12 am (UTC)And yay, I'm glad the jetbook is working out for you! :-)