# E-Book Readers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-book-readers/280528>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 18, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-book-readers/280528 "2004-12-18T15:59:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![The\_Master\_Killer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@The\_Master\_Killer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Master_Killer)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-book-readers/280528/1 "2004-12-18T15:59:45Z")

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I’m looking for opinions/information on devices for reading e-books. I have a Pocket-PC which I use now, but it does not display enough sentances on the screen for me to get into it. (Imagine reading a book 2 sentences at a time. It’s hard to really get into it that way…)  
I have an abundance of e-books in various formats, but dont have a good way to read them.

Thanks!!!

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-book-readers/280528/2 "2004-12-18T19:45:21Z")

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I still use my old Palm V, with a freeware document reader. I’ve read dozens of books on it over the years.

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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-book-readers/280528/3 "2004-12-19T13:22:24Z")

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I use my zire 21 with mobipocket or Adobe reader. Yeah, the screen’s small, and doesn’t hold many sentences, but reading through it is fairly quick and easy. Hell, I downright love it, since it means I can thumb through a book on the subway or bus one-handed.