Re: How is Kindle for non-purchased content?

--- In [email protected], "Daniel P. B. Smith" <yahoogroups2006@...> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have, or can anyone point me to a summary, of how  
> satisfactory the new Kindle is for delivering content that has not  
> been purchased from Amazon in Kindle format?
> 
> Specifically, what's your experience with:
> 
> a) Texts downloaded from Manybooks.net in "Kindle (.azw)" format?
> 
> b) PDF files that have been formatted for a normal page size, e.g.  
> numerous academic reprints available online from their authors,  
> articles downloaded from library database services like Academic  
> OneFile, various authors that choose to offer their books free  
> in .pdf format, etc.
> 
> c) Attempts to convert straight ASCII text (e.g. Project Gutenberg  
> "plain vanilla" ASCII), or public domain ebook content available on  
> the Web in .html format?
> Haven't heard of an ebook reader that isn't limited in the formats it supports.  Part of the problem is DRM, part marketing.  You might check the coparison table at wired,com.

Dave
> Is it "shut up and shop" like the GemStar devices? Or is the Kindle a  
> useful portable way of carrying around all kinds of text documents,  
> not just ebooks purchased from Amazon?
>




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