Which is unfortunate as we're both primarily Linux users. We spent some time trying different methods and conversion tools on Windows, Linux and Mac and in the end the only sure-fire way to get a good result using free software was on Windows. There was too much wasted space around the core text, headers and footers were getting in the way and the font rendering was choppy at best. Rather than cart around all this dead-tree material, we figured it would be better if we scanned them as PDF's and copied them onto our Kindles for easy viewing at our leisure.Īlthough it's true that a Kindle will display a PDF, we found the experience to be very poor with our virgin scanned docs. Recently Nigel and I each enrolled onto a retraining course and several A4 binders of course notes were duly dumped onto our respective doormats by disgruntled hairy-arsed couriers. There's the convenience of popping online over WiFi and buying a book which is instantly available to read, the crisp, clear e-ink display, the convenient light provided by the official Amazon case (at extra cost but worth it), the capacity to hold hundreds of titles, the synchronisation of the Kindle service between my eReader, Android phone and iPad and the anonimity of being able to read something in a public place without feeling that I'm being judged by the snooty student ponce sitting next to me because he's pretending to read Kafka or Dostoyevsky while I'm reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar (again). I wasn't convinced that an eReader was a good idea but with all my travelling on trains and planes in 2011 and the Kindle 4 down to an almost throwaway £89 I decided to take the plunge and have a go. I used to prefer to buy books to decorate my shelves - used books at that, as a well thumbed paperback has more character than one which appears new and unread. Although sceptical at first, I have to admit the Amazon Kindle is one of my better gadget purchases.
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