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1. Aaron Griffin Got Books?

   I'm interested in buying an electronic !book reader but don't like the #Kindle lock-in. Anyone have more open suggestions? !linux

   Thursday, 08-Apr-10 15:27:59 UTC from web
   • Jeff Mickey

     @phrakture Check out the Sony PRS505 or PRS600 for touch. Extremely easy to use with calibre on linux. (I have the 600)

     Thursday, 08-Apr-10 15:30:12 UTC
   • Aaron Griffin Electronic Books , Jeff Mickey

     @codemac And it gives me free reign on putting my own !ebooks on it? Have you tried the Sony Pocket edition?

     Thursday, 08-Apr-10 15:33:06 UTC
   • Jeff Mickey

     @phrakture In fact, it's pretty much only your own ebooks that will go on it if you don't have XP. I've seen a pocket, seemed too small?

     Thursday, 08-Apr-10 15:34:23 UTC
   • Ravi Pinjala

     @phrakture I second the sony PRS. Works great with calibre, and takes an SD card so there's no worrying about storage space

     Thursday, 08-Apr-10 15:35:11 UTC
   • Aaron Griffin Jeff Mickey

     @codemac My guess is that the pocket reader is the size of a paperback. Can you vary the font size?

     Thursday, 08-Apr-10 15:35:17 UTC
   • Jeff Mickey

     @phrakture Sony's have a zoom or reflow feature. Works on pdfs as well, but doesn't work well. On ebook formats it's gold.

     Thursday, 08-Apr-10 15:37:34 UTC
   • Martin Forsgren

     @phrakture I have an BeBook/Hanlin V3 that I think is quite good. The firmware(linux) can easily be changed. A dist for it: openinkpot.org

     Tuesday, 20-Apr-10 23:30:53 UTC
   • Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér

     @phrakture Just saw the post. You are aware that you don't actually have to put any Amazon books on it, right? I nearly only have Gutenberg.

     Wednesday, 28-Apr-10 03:08:48 UTC