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| Thread ID: 137874 | 2014-08-31 19:39:00 | E-Reader Kindle or Nook | learning (5137) | PC World Chat |
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| 1382938 | 2014-08-31 19:39:00 | I plan on buying either Kindle or Nook primarily for the purposes of reading E copies of IT books if you will. Is there a recommendation on what I should get. I have never used a E-Book reader. The E Copies of those IT books are pretty inexpensive then hard copies and is luring me in. Anyone has experiences with this E Readers with reading "IT " books on it ? Also the fact I don't have to lug those big chunky "Windows 7 Resource Kit" kinda books is a plus! Thanks |
learning (5137) | ||
| 1382939 | 2014-08-31 20:51:00 | I have not used either of those models but I have used a few tablets for that purpose and they are just fine in my opinion. I guess it comes down to how rough you are, do you need colour and how much do you want to spend. | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1382940 | 2014-08-31 20:56:00 | Still using my early Kobo.No problems with it. | Neil McC (178) | ||
| 1382941 | 2014-08-31 21:45:00 | Go with the Kindle. More options available. | Zippity (58) | ||
| 1382942 | 2014-08-31 22:27:00 | My Kindle is used daily, good selection of raw material at an acceptable price, read it under any lighting I could read a dead tree book by, great battery life, easy to get more books. Very handy for storing and retrieving PDF manuals. All told, just a simple easy to use gadget that always works as I would wish. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1382943 | 2014-09-01 07:15:00 | A mate has the Kindle paper white. Looked fantastic | Greg (193) | ||
| 1382944 | 2014-09-01 08:02:00 | What format are the IT books in that you would like to get? If they are PDF, I personally would forget an e-ink based ereader. Reading most PDF's on a 6 inch screen isn't much fun. If the books are in an ereader friendly format however (epub, mobi, azw3 etc), they are wonderful devices. I see you are in the US, so your main options are Kindle or Nook. If you can find anyone who sells them, Kobo make some very nice devices as well (I have the Kobo Glo myself). Kobo has just announced the Aura H2O, which has a high resolution 6.8" screen, frontlight, and is waterproof. Between Kindle and Nook, as much as it pains me to say it, I would have to choose Kindle. B&N are having troubles, and I don't know what's going to happen to their ereader department. Not long ago, Sony readers were very nice devices. They have exited the market however, but you still may be able to find some being sold. Just my 2c |
Sherman (9181) | ||
| 1382945 | 2014-09-01 08:22:00 | I plan on buying either Kindle or Nook primarily for the purposes of reading E copies of IT books if you will. Is there a recommendation on what I should get. I have never used a E-Book reader. The E Copies of those IT books are pretty inexpensive then hard copies and is luring me in. Anyone has experiences with this E Readers with reading "IT " books on it ? Also the fact I don't have to lug those big chunky "Windows 7 Resource Kit" kinda books is a plus! Thanks My fiancé has a Kindle e reader which seems to do the trick. She also had an iPad mini which can be used as a very good book reader. It has a full colour screen. |
Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1382946 | 2014-09-01 20:20:00 | What format are the IT books in that you would like to get? If they are PDF, I personally would forget an e-ink based ereader. Reading most PDF's on a 6 inch screen isn't much fun. If the books are in an ereader friendly format however (epub, mobi, azw3 etc), they are wonderful devices. I see you are in the US, so your main options are Kindle or Nook. If you can find anyone who sells them, Kobo make some very nice devices as well (I have the Kobo Glo myself). Kobo has just announced the Aura H2O, which has a high resolution 6.8" screen, frontlight, and is waterproof. Between Kindle and Nook, as much as it pains me to say it, I would have to choose Kindle. B&N are having troubles, and I don't know what's going to happen to their ereader department. Not long ago, Sony readers were very nice devices. They have exited the market however, but you still may be able to find some being sold. Just my 2c I am not sure if the E-Book for example Amazon sells are in PDF format. I think they are azw3 or something. Thanks all, for the info. I will perhaps go to a store and try it out as I have never even seen a Kindle in person. |
learning (5137) | ||
| 1382947 | 2014-09-01 21:44:00 | One thing to bear in mind is the difficulty in finding a page if you want to quickly refer to it for advice. Kindles are great for reading novels but less so for technical work if you don't necessarily want to read from front to back. | user (1404) | ||
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