So, now I’m pinning my hopes on a rumored Amazon Kindle touch that might come out in October (and Hans gets the old NOOK – great gift, right?).
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Sure, the NOOK works great for regular books (as my husband can attest to) – but realistically, as an academic, most of my reading ISN’T for fun. Further, Barnes & Noble doesn’t have a ton of academic books, limiting that source of reading material. Only problem – it can’t deal with two-column pdfs, which is how most of the academic articles I read are printed.
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So I set out finding a pdf to epub translator and everyone suggested calibre. Great! But disillusionment quickly set in – you can’t highlight or take notes on pdfs using the NOOK. It seemed like it had it all – an e-ink display (a must – I spend enough time with computer screens! – ruling out many tablets), a touch screen for easy highlighting, note-taking capabilities, reads pdfs. Finally, two weeks ago as a gift for my dissertation defense, my husband got me a NOOK touch. I held out for months, waiting for a e-readers that has what, to me, seem like a few simple features.
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Here’s my problem: none of the e-readers on the market right now work great for academics. And now that I’m getting ready to move and having to pack said papers & books, I’m certainly coming around. My husband is firmly behind this – seeing my endless piles of papers and books, it just makes sense in so many ways – for the environment, for example. I’ve been thinking about getting a tablet or an e-reader for a while.