[ale] eBook readers for PDF reference material

[briarpatch.jim at gmail.com (Jim Philips)]

On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 15:00 -0400, James Sumners wrote:
> (That was meant to be funny.)
> 
> As I mentioned in the other thread, my only experience with the
> traditional eBook readers are the Sony ones on display at Best Buy. I
> found the page turning to be way too slow for regular reading. When
> I'm reading a book, I want to turn the page quickly enough that my
> reading is not interrupted. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad on a reference
> manual, but I doubt it.
> 
> So my recommendation is really the same as in that other thread:
> actually try out the device yourself before buying it. I believe Best
> Buy now has Kindles on display, too. And I bet Barnes & Noble has
> their Nook device on display in their stores.

The Barnes & Noble store in Buckhead has a kiosk for Nook in the middle
of the store. They are promoting it heavily. One nice extra is that you
can read any e-book in the B&N library while you're in the store.