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8/14/2012 3:30:39 AM EDT
I have a growing library of survival related PDF documents and I’m wondering how well the E-readers work with these.  I’m specifically looking at the Kindle Touch but any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.  

TIA
8/14/2012 3:42:40 AM EDT
[#1]
I have a number of .pdf documents on my iPad and they work just fine.  I imagine the Kindle would handle these just as well.
8/14/2012 3:46:01 AM EDT
[#2]
Why not a smartphone?  I do just about everything on mine, including reading pdf files.
8/14/2012 6:07:51 AM EDT
[#3]
For Kindle Touch you just convert the pdfs to .mobi using a free tool called Calibre.

Kindle touch has 4 GB of storage, so be mindful of how much you want to put on there.





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8/15/2012 3:31:35 PM EDT
[#4]
A certain Arfcommer (ahem, Dace) hooked me up with a flash drive with an absolute shitload of survival PDFs on as part of my SF Christmas present last year. I don't have it with me to check the storage capacity, but I put a plethora of them on my kindle fire and it reads them just fine.

Thanks again for the hookup, Dace.

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8/15/2012 3:43:36 PM EDT
[#5]
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For Kindle Touch you just convert the pdfs to .mobi using a free tool called Calibre.
Kindle touch has 4 GB of storage, so be mindful of how much you want to put on there.


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Beware this. Many PDFs are scanned which makes for a very large converted file. I've easily seen files grow hundreds or thousands of times their original size trying to convert them.
8/15/2012 5:43:20 PM EDT
[#6]
I'm an iPad fan and have had good luck using it for PDFs. We are getting them from work for our publications and word is they have a new/better reader app. Hopefully I'll get mine soon and have a quick review if the iPad is something your considering.
8/15/2012 5:48:57 PM EDT
[#7]
Kindle Fire for me... I have narrowed my survival related PDF's down to about 1gig.
8/15/2012 6:02:08 PM EDT
[#8]
My blackberry Playbook handles pdf's just fine. The 16gb model is on sale for $179.  (no, you don't need a blackberry phone to use a PlayBook.)
8/15/2012 8:08:38 PM EDT
[#9]
i started a thread a few years ago that should still be active, its a survival pdf's  thread..

i had a kindle with a keyboard... i sure loved it.... until i totally broke the screen by apparently putting minimal pressure on it on accident. so now i have another kindle, because i like to read books on them...

but id go for an iPod/iPhone/iPad. much more durable
8/15/2012 8:28:43 PM EDT
[#10]
PDF's work fine... but you better have good eyes if the text started out small.  

I have a lot on my kindle... but it's reference material only.  

I have actually had bad luck with conversions, but I think that's mainly because a lot of what I've tried to convert has 2 columns, and most conversion software can't figure that out.  Oh well.
8/16/2012 2:20:51 AM EDT
[#11]
Thanks for the help, it looks like the Ereader will work fine.  I’m not looking to spend much on this so the Ipads and phones aren’t really an option.
8/16/2012 6:18:20 AM EDT
[#12]
I have a PanDigital e-reader and it handles native PDF files fine.  It connects to Barnes and Noble for normal e-books.  I store my PDFs on a 8GB SD chip so I can also read them on my  laptop.