| Do I need a personal computer for it to work? |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Is it Macintosh-compatible? |
Yes!
If you have
Adobe Reader 6 or 7, those will work fine.
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no |
yes |
| How much does the reader cost? |
free download |
free download |
free download |
| How much do titles cost? |
All ebook titles are priced by publishers, often at the same price as new paper-bound copies. However, publishers are beginning to experiment with pricing ebooks more cheaply. Also, classics and public domain titles are frequently quite cheap. |
| How many titles are available at Powells.com? |
over 100,000 |
over 30,000 |
over 20,000 |
| How are the titles displayed? |
full color |
full color |
full color |
| Is it a portable device which I could travel with, etc.? |
Can be used on a laptop.
Cannot be read on a Pocket PC.
Cannot reliably be read on the Palm OS.
However, there is older
Adobe eBook
software for the Palm OS, which may work for you. But, it's iffy,
so we can in no way guarantee that it will work for you.
| Can be used on laptops and Pocket PC 2002 |
Can be used on your Palm, PocketPC or laptop |
| Could I print the titles I purchase? |
Many, though not all, Adobe eBooks can be printed.
On our website, look for the red or green text on the
product
page of the title you're looking at and you can see exactly what print rights that title has.
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no |
no |
| How many titles can it hold? |
unlimited: you keep your titles on your computer's hard drive |
unlimited: you keep your titles on your computer's hard drive |
unlimited, depending on available memory |
| How many times can I download a title? |
4 times |
4 times |
20 times |
| Does the reader support word search, bookmarking, highlighting, and note taking? |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| Can I adjust the type size? |
yes |
yes |
yes |
| System Requirements |
Windows: Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows ME, Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP 6, Windows 2000 Professional SP2, Windows XP Professional, Home, or Tablet PC edition
Internet Explorer 5.01 or later
32 MB of RAM (64 MB recommended)
Hard disk space for Adobe Reader (English): 80 MB default installation (Full version)
Macintosh: Processor: Power PC processor G3 or greater
Operating Systems: Apple Mac OS version 10.2.4 or later
Memory requirements: 32 MB of RAM (64 MB recommended)
Hard disk space for Adobe Reader (English): 90 MB for Adobe Reader drag and drop install with all features (Full version)
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For Handhelds:
PocketPC 2002
For Desktop and Laptop Computers: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
16 MB of RAM
Netscape 4.05 or higher, Internet Explorer 4.01 or higher, or AOL 4 (Internet Explorer Integrated Browser) or higher.
13 MB hard drive space
Pentium 75 or faster processor |
For Palm:
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Palm OS:
PDAs including: Palm III series, V series, VII series, m100 series, m125 series, m500 series; Handspring Visor series; TRG Pro; Sony CLIE; IBM WorkPad. |
| • |
173KB of free memory for the Palm Reader application, plus sufficient free memory for each book (varies from 200KB to 2MB, depending upon the length of the book). |
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Palm OS 3.0 or greater. |
| • |
Synchronization software for downloading the Palm Reader and eBooks to your Palm device (e.g., the Palm Desktop software) |
| For PocketPC/Windows CE: |
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PocketPC or PocketPC 2002, including Hewlett-Packard Jornada 420, 430, 430se, 540, 545, 547, 548, 680, 690, 720, and 820; Compaq iPAQ H3600 series, iPAQ H3100 series and Aero 1500 series; Casio Cassiopeia E115, E-125 and EM-500 series. |
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167-260K of free memory for the Palm Reader application, plus sufficient free memory for each book (varies from 200KB to 2MB, depending upon the length of the book) |
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256KB free program space |
| • |
Synchronization software for downloading the Palm Reader and eBooks to your PocketPC device (e.g., the ActiveSync® 3.1 software). |
| For Windows: |
| • |
Windows 98 / ME / NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP |
| For Macintosh: |
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Mac OS 8.6 or later, using CarbonLib 1.5 or later/Mac OS X 10.1 or later |
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