I think it's good for reference manuals too. Remember that giant black Chemistry or Physics reference book, what was it called again ?
--- On Fri, 8/27/10, Rafael Copquin <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Rafael Copquin <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NF] Kindle or something else? > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, August 27, 2010, 6:31 PM > I purchased a Nook from Barnes > & Noble when I traveled to NY in the > winter and am very pleased with it. They did not deliver > internationally, but I had it shipped to my son's address > in Manhattan > and got it directly. > > BTW, there are hundreds of places in the internet where you > can download > many formats of ebooks. An open source program called > Calibre, converts > the different types of formats into the ereader you own. > IOW, I can > download a pdf file and convert it into Nook compatible > format, then > load it and read it in my Nook. > > Very convenient to store dozens of manuals and pdf books of > all sorts. > This Calibre program converts doc, pdf, txt and many other > formats to > whatever ereader you own. Very cool and free!!! > > You can get it here > > http://calibre-ebook.com/download_windows > > Rafael Copquin > > > > > I've looked at the specs for the Kindle, Nook, and > Sony, and will be > > getting a Nook for my upcoming birthday (Even if I > have to get it for > > myself!) I think it has the best balance between > options, and least > > amount of restrictions. IMHO. Was only > waiting for the price to get > > below $200, which it did last month. > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
