What is the directory format for the Kindle and other e-readers?
I want to know if it uses HTML or .pdf. Or, alternatively, can it use multiple formats?
Answers:
The Kindle have its own AZW format. The Sony Reader, which is one of the two most popular e-readers together with the Kindle, also uses its own BBeB format. You can see on their product description page.
However, they can all handle PDF and HTML. Source(s): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154J… (Kindle)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WP2… (Sony Reader)
Yes, the Kindle 2 can read PDF or HTML. See the third paragraph here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i…
The Kindle 2 handle PDF files with conversion. If here are no complicated charts or tables it should be handled well surrounded by the Kindle 2. But if you need to read complicated PDF files, you better go with Kindle DX, which support PDF files natively. Here you can see the aboriginal PDF handling of Kindle DX:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i…
Hope this helps. Source(s): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154J… (Kindle 2 sales page)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015TC… (Kindle DX sales page)
Both the Kindle and Sony Reader can read HTML and PDF files, see the table below for details:
http://www.speedreaderxreview.com/kindle…
If you buy books for the Kindle, it will be in Kindle format (AZW). On the other hand, buying books for the Sony Reader will be in BBeB format.
I'm a Kindle 2 owner. In overnight case you're considering to buy the Kindle, I remember I read this review when I bought mine:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i…
Hope it helps.
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Have you used an e-reader? What do you imagine of them? Are they worth the money?
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Answers:
The Kindle have its own AZW format. The Sony Reader, which is one of the two most popular e-readers together with the Kindle, also uses its own BBeB format. You can see on their product description page.
However, they can all handle PDF and HTML. Source(s): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154J… (Kindle)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WP2… (Sony Reader)
Yes, the Kindle 2 can read PDF or HTML. See the third paragraph here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i…
The Kindle 2 handle PDF files with conversion. If here are no complicated charts or tables it should be handled well surrounded by the Kindle 2. But if you need to read complicated PDF files, you better go with Kindle DX, which support PDF files natively. Here you can see the aboriginal PDF handling of Kindle DX:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i…
Hope this helps. Source(s): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154J… (Kindle 2 sales page)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015TC… (Kindle DX sales page)
Both the Kindle and Sony Reader can read HTML and PDF files, see the table below for details:
http://www.speedreaderxreview.com/kindle…
If you buy books for the Kindle, it will be in Kindle format (AZW). On the other hand, buying books for the Sony Reader will be in BBeB format.
I'm a Kindle 2 owner. In overnight case you're considering to buy the Kindle, I remember I read this review when I bought mine:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i…
Hope it helps.
Related Questions:
Have you used an e-reader? What do you imagine of them? Are they worth the money?
I'm a Kindle 2 owner, and I love it very much. It fills my waiting time every day. Before I catch the Kindle 2, waiting time like the time when I'm waiting for my friend or waiting for shuttle bus is simply wasted, now...