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eBooks - a review type thing

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  • 06-12-2001 12:17pm
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    anyone use them?
    I've tried them out in work and I'm dead impressed. I was initially doubtful about them, I didn't think it'd be very comfortable reading entire books on screen but I think I was wrong.

    I've just finished the Nights Dawn Trilogy and I found it very easy to read on screen. Acrobat's eBook reader keeps track of the page and book you were reading so when you restart it hops straight back to where you were. There's a built-in dictionary,
    and a variety of page views.

    The one problem I have is that the book is locked to the machine you download it on. You can transfer it to any other machine on the network, but I can't find an easy way to bring the book home to keep on my laptop, short of bringing in my laptop.
    (if anyone knows how to do this please let me know)

    It's not the easiest to buy them online - the shops don't seem to have put as much thought into the eBook sections as the print sections. Searching, for example is not good. The selection is getting better and better.

    Anyone else got any thoughts/suggestions?


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