Literati color ebook reader review

There are 7 levels of brightness to adjust and there is a dictionary to look up words you have to manually type the word to be looked-up. There's a table of contents to jump between chapters, as well as selections to go to the next or previous chapters.

It needs a margin adjusting feature, though, because margins are often way too big with the narrow screen. More features will be issued via a firmware update to add night-reading mode and custom bookshelves and bookmarks like the Kobo desktop app. Speaking of the Kobo desktop app, the device works with and syncs with all of Kobo's reading apps. It also works with Adobe Digital Editions for borrowing library ebooks from local libraries.

Once zoomed in, you use the navigation wheel to pan around the page. There's also an option to view the PDF in landscape mode. There is no reflow mode or hyperlink support. The same as with ebooks, there is a table of contents, options to jump between the next and previous chapters, and a dictionary to type in words to be looked-up. Overall, PDF support isn't anything to write home about, but it is better than I expected it to be. The device seems to naturally cut away large margins so the text fits to the edges.

In default whole page view, the text is generally more legible than with 6-inch ereaders like the Kindle 3 and Sony PRS Kobo's ebooks use Adobe DRM so they are compatible with a large number of ebook readers and ereader programs like Adobe Digital Editions.

One thing about the Kobo ebook store is that it has a nice clean layout with lots of sorting and searching options. By signing up, you agree to receive the selected newsletter s which you may unsubscribe from at any time.

You also agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge the data collection and usage practices outlined in our Privacy Policy. What are you looking for? Preferences Community Newsletters Log Out. Written by Rachel King , Staff Writer. Full Bio. My Profile Log Out. The Literati is Wi-Fi-enabled, so you'll be able to buy and download books on the go. Each Literati will come pre-loaded with 25 books mostly public-domain classics , and a coupon to get more just like them.

According to the company, the Literati will be sold at more stores than any other ebook reader— more than 7, including the likes of Macy's, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Kohl's. The Literati , a Sharper-Image-branded color e-reader, was officially announced a few weeks ago, but I spotted one out in the wild last night at a tech event in New York.

MerchSource , the company that's behind the product, says it will have the "broadest retail footprint of any eReader currently available. The first thing you'll notice about it is that it's got an elongated shape that resembles the Alex eReader , with a keyboard at the bottom.

Though at first glance you might think it has a touch screen, it doesn't; you navigate it very much like you would a Kindle, with a navigational button that's integrated into the keyboard.

As noted, there's built-in Wi-Fi, and Kobo powers the built-in bookstore Kobo also powers Borders' e-bookstore and has apps that allow you to access your Kobo library on portable devices such as the iPhone, iPad, and Android-based smartphones.

The Literati comes in two colors, white or black, and is preloaded with 25 free classic titles and more importantly, ships with a decent looking protective cover. In the box, you also get a coupon code for automatically loading another preselected free titles to your Literati user account. Such affordable color LCD e-readers as the Pandigital Novel , which fared poorly in our review , and the Velocity Micro Cruz Reader , are Android-based and offer more functionality, including Web browsing and media playback capabilities.