According to a Cnet review, the new eSlick e-book reader from Foxit Software will hit early next year at a price cheaper than the current market leaders, the Sony Reader and the Amazon Kindle.
Due in early March, the eSlick will have an introductory price of $230 USD but will also be a pretty simple machine lacking built-in wireless. Foxit is a company known only for their excellent PDF ... [ read the full article ]
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Awesome!! Some people might thin this is limited, but for me it's a god send. There are so many books I love to have with me, and many books that I have that I cannot take with me overseas. I have a book scanner and am constantly digitizing my own library. Each book varies from 30mb to 70mb (depending on length). I go back and forth to china, all the time. Bringing my whole bookshelf is impossible, but with something like this (currently unrivaled PDF usage for the price, I will buy this in a heartbeat.
Changing the format of your PDF, TXT LIT and other texted files is a snap- you cannot be telling me you are forced to buy different products because the format isn't the one you'd normally use? Google is a great tool if you use it right. There are a hundred conversion utilites that change formats from ones you don't normally use to those you do. Personally I read ebooks on my old phaat sony PSP. Psp Ebook Creator turns text files into .jpg images (PEC is free utility-like so many others)- and I read the .jpg images like text pages easily- you can set the font and size of the text to exactly what you want it to be. I use foxit premium edition to change pdf to text. I mean the torrent sites are loaded with the necessary tools if you are on a budget.
