What's an electronic ebook reader?
An digital ebook reader (also called a portable ebook reader) takes buying books online allows you to a new level. Ebook software is not the same thing as an electronic ebook reader. Though they essentially do the same thing (allows you to read ebooks) they are completely different. Ebook software runs on the computer with Adobe's Acrobat Reader being the most well known.
Sometimes a company had both electronic book readers as well as ebook software. For example, the Amazon Kindal, a popular ebook reader, has a software version for the pc and Iphone. There's a Mac and Black Berry version coming as well.
What to look for in your Electronic Ebook Reader
How do you get the best ebook reader?
Generalities aside, not all digital ebook readers are the same. There's a few important things when shopping for your portable ebook reader. Storage capacity is but a small part of it. Here's some questions I think about when I'm going to buy an ebook reader.
Backups - Can I back up the contents onto my computer and how easy is it to reinstall the backup back to the ebookreader? This is especially important when looking at upgrades. PDF files aren't the issue, it's the way your ebook reader stores them that's the problem.
Accessability - How easy is it to download ebooks to the reader itself? Can your ebook download straight to the ebook reader? If you have to download the ebook to your computer first, how difficult is it to transfer it to your reader? Does your portable ebook reader include a cable and software (if needed)?
Readability - I don't know about you, but I can put up with a lot of shortcomings if the screen is really easy to read. How well does the screen handle sunlight? Is it going to get washed out? What about reading in low light levels? A really bright screen is painful to your eyes after a while, but if you have to have bright lights in the room, it doesn't help you much on overcast days. How does the screen handle large drawings, maps, charts, or pictures? The Amazon Kindle allows you to rotate the screen manually from portrait to landscape, and the Amazon Kindle DX auto-rotates the screen as you turn the Kindle on its side. For me, this is the biggiest issue I consider when I go to buy an ebook reader.
Portable Ebook Reader Features - What Do They Got?
Why would you buy an ebook reader? What does this ebook device do for you? Why not just use your laptop?
•For one thing...they're small. The Amazon Kindle for example is about as thin as most magazines and smaller than a sheet of paper, but still has a 6 inch diagonal screen. Even it's bigger brother Kindle DX with a 9.7" screen is still slightly smaller than a sheet of paper.
•They're lightweight. Most are under a pound.
•Some electronic ebook readers have anti-glare technology that makes it as easy to read as actual paper.
•Variety. Amazon alone has over 390,000 Kindel ebooks alone.
•Storage. Different models of electronic ebook readers have different storage capacities, but the Kindle can store 1,500 ebooks while the Kindle DX can store over 3,500. That's a lot of reading.
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