| Many of those who buy book readers are not | | | | cable. |
| only interested in using them to read books they | | | | My testing |
| have purchased; they also would like to use them | | | | The purely text PDF files tested converted well. |
| to read other types of books and files. This is a | | | | Very little formatting seemed to be lost and most |
| look at reading PDF files on the Amazon Kindle 2. | | | | of the text was in nice paragraphs similar to a |
| Amazon's Kindle 2, unlike their DX, does not | | | | purchased book. The text-to-speech, ability to |
| support PDF files. Therefore, they must be | | | | adjust text size and dictionary all worked just as |
| converted before they can be viewed on a Kindle. | | | | they would with a purchased book. Overall, it |
| One way of doing this is by using Mobipocket | | | | gave pretty much the same experience as |
| reader software. | | | | reading a regular Kindle books. |
| Although there are other (perhaps better) ways, | | | | Things did not turn out so well with PDF files that |
| being free, quick and relatively easy to use, | | | | contained images, tables and other content that |
| Mobipocket reader software is a good place to | | | | was not purely text. Formatting was lost and |
| start for those looking for a fast way to convert | | | | there were problems with images that appeared |
| PDF files to a format that can be viewed on the | | | | too small or just disappeared completely. |
| Kindle. | | | | Overall, for those looking for a reader of PDF files |
| To make a PDF readable on a Kindle, go to the | | | | that are purely text, the Kindle 2 worked great. |
| Mobipocket website, install the software and | | | | However, I would not recommend using it if the |
| covert the PDF file to the Mobipocket PRC | | | | file contained many tables or images. Even with |
| format (there are online videos that show how to | | | | better conversion software, the small screen and |
| do this if you need help). Then, transfer the file | | | | lack of color does not bode well for images and |
| into the Kindle 2 documents folder via the USB | | | | the like. |