I just noticed that. It looks like it has a native PDF reader. Does anyone have it and know whether it displays the PDFs from mises.org correctly? If it does, I think that I might want to get it, or at least something like it. I want a physical copy of the books most important to me. But, otherwise, I would love to be able to get the rest of them on an e-book reader. Also, if anyone knows about one better than the “Kindle DX”, I would like to hear about it.
I don’t know about the Kindle’s PDF display, but Mises.org’s ePubs are nicer to read than PDFs (for example, they don’t have the awkward breaks that PDFs have when read on an eReader), and I believe Kindle still doesn’t natively support ePub. Here’s a review I wrote for the Barnes and Noble Nook, which does support ePub.
I’ve had a nook for about a month and it’s one of the best investments I’ve ever made!
@ Grayson
What do you mean by epub? I have to put all my PDFs in the documents section and while it’s easier to read than computers the pages break off sometimes. For example I’m currently reading MES on my nook and all the graphs and charts show up disorganized, if they show up at all.
ePubs are better both with regard to page breaks and graphs/charts (although the graphs and charts do still get cut off if they are too wide). Here is Mises.org’s ePub collection.
I have the Sony Reader Touch Edition. Epub files work great and so do the numerous pdfs
I have one of those too. The fact that I can use the touch screen to highlight and write notes makes all the difference when I am studying some books. Also, there is a way for me to write notes when I am not reading (such as listening to a lecture or just thinking about things). When listening I still prefer my laptop but when I am just pondering I feel more compfortable in the fact that I can write my thouhgt down somewhere. There are also some major pluses to ebooks, such as, free books, more space in the house, can take more books and files with you with less hinderence, easier to organize files and allows quick access to chapters parts in the document you need to get to.
On a side note, I wish schools would start entering the digital age and stop making me carry these heavy text books to class.XP
If you can shell out a few extra bucks for an iPad, it’s the only device that really compares to reading an actual book, in my opinion. The battery life and the sun issues make it inferior to e-ink readers, but the lightning-fast speed, colors and feel make it worth the price just using it as an eBook reader. It of course does much more. It takes just seconds to highlight text from books and do searches on the Web for further research. It’s pretty incredible.
The Kindle is a bragin at $199.00. I have put tons of pdf books on my kindle but i have to convert them to mobi files in order for them to work properly. There may be another way but this is what i do. The Mises e-book site has about $400 worth of free books alone. Not even counting the amount of free pdf books
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I find it rather odd that this topic is made literally THE DAY that my kindle arrives…
Anyway the pdf reader in my kindle works just fine.
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Thanks Grayson
I linked to it in my last post, Andrew.
Does it cost anything to transfer ebooks to a Kindle? I’m still getting used to it and I heard some formats cost something to convert.
@ Andrew
No, they are free. You may need Calibre e-book converter software (its also free)
I have been thinking for a while now that maybe LvMI should team up with one of these reader manufacturers and make a special edition one with all the Austrian stuff you would ever want already in it when you buy it sort of like the U2 ipod.
Kindle does display PDF natively. With the DX kindles you can probably view a PDF file no problem in regards to changing the display.
Amazon announced a new kindle, one with free 3G and one without free 3G. It looks promising.
I really love the gains Kindle has been making. I guess we can thank the Nook to increasing the competititon 
I bought a Kindle DX Graphite when they became available after having waited over two years for Plastic Logic to release the Que, only to find out that they were asking $700 and then they delayed it agin. I just wanted an ereader with a large screen which could display PDFs. I didn’t care about any other features.
The Kindle DX connects directly via USB to a computer and can open PDFs almost flawlessly. There have been a few instances when an element on the page would not display, but so far it’s been rare. It displays a message at the bottom letting you know that there is something wrong. If it can’t render an element on the page then that portion of the image appears as a void.
I’ve installed some PDFs from the Mises Institute and Google Books. The image quality is superb. I appreciate the large screen because I have poor eyesight. Page-turns seem quick; maybe 3 seconds. I’ve seen some take longer, but it doesn’t bother me.