I concur with Jim's comments. I now do almost all of my leisure reading
on a basic, monochrome Nook right now. This is how I read N3BB's latest
book which was excellent. The pictures are kind of hard to make out, however,
especially in black and white. It would probably be a little better with
the color version with a larger screen but I chose not to go that way. I
can't think of many books where not seeing the pictures was a big issue for
me except, perhaps, the recent Wright Brothers book.
73,
Al, K0AD
In a message dated 6/19/2016 8:52:34 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
jamesdavidcain@gmail.com writes:
I have read hundreds of books on my Kindle, all of them history,
biography,
science, etc. That is, primarily words. Kindles are pretty much unusable
for
photos and drawings. Occasionally, a book I'm reading will have a map or a
chart and I need a magnifying glass to make any sense out of them.
I did read one technical book on my Kindle: "The Radio Amateur's Hand
Book."
by A. Frederick Collins, published in 1922. Available for free from
Project
Gutenberg. It was fun to read! I was able to brush up on my rusty
knowledge
about spark gaps and crystal detectors and the Branly Coherer.
Interestingly, the diagrams in this book are quite readable on Kindle,
maybe
because most of them consist of a dozen or fewer elements.
I know something about converting a book to Kindle. The text is pretty
straightforward if you are skilled at working with a pure text file. But
photos can be a nightmare of trying to crop, reformat, and size. IMO this
requires someone with magical Photoshop skills. I have never seen an ARRL
book on my Kindle so I can't comment on how they look.
Jim Cain, K1TN
> -----
>
> "Something to think about. I've heard that Kindle isn't a great way to
> read/study technical books, because it's not easy to jump around to look
> at something in the book referenced by pages you're currently reading. I
> use a Kindle only rarely to read a novel that my XYL has bought, so this
> does NOT reflect my experience. Others may feel otherwise. :)
> 73, Jim K9YC"
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