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I must say that's the best looking & easiest to read PDF I've ever seen. If all comics on PDF were done that way, I'd love the format, it basically approximates what Comixology does for you.
Unfortunately, most PDFs are just slapped together scans of books.
Do you have any particular PDF reader you think is really good? the basic Adobe Acrobat reader is pretty weak for reading comics in "basic PDF" imo.
Home of the Brave begins with the story of Aria Monfort, a 13 year old girl who works 14 hour days, and just learned to read a year ago. She's also the youngest person in her country to be accepted into a prestigious university, learns trigonometry during her lunch breaks, and may cure some of the world's deadliest diseases. Aria was just sold into slavery in the poorest country in the world: America.
Yeah, thanks for the warning about the content... [WebWiz11]
Sorry. I only scanned through it to determine it worked. I hadn't actually read it (lesson learned -- don't post content until you've read it).
BobBretall wrote:
I must say that's the best looking & easiest to read PDF I've ever seen. If all comics on PDF were done that way, I'd love the format, it basically approximates what Comixology does for you.
Unfortunately, most PDFs are just slapped together scans of books.
Do you have any particular PDF reader you think is really good? the basic Adobe Acrobat reader is pretty weak for reading comics in "basic PDF" imo.
I agree the Adobe reader is pretty weak for comics, but I don't use any other. I use the adobe reader on my tablet for 90% of my pdf reading, I have large monitors that allow me to view two pages side by side on one display, and at work I turn one of my monitors sideways to view a page at the page's normal aspect ratio. That's also how I read comic books in cbz/cbr, or comixology format, so for me there's minimal difference between the three.
boshuda wrote:I agree the Adobe reader is pretty weak for comics, but I don't use any other. I use the adobe reader on my tablet for 90% of my pdf reading, I have large monitors that allow me to view two pages side by side on one display, and at work I turn one of my monitors sideways to view a page at the page's normal aspect ratio. That's also how I read comic books in cbz/cbr, or comixology format, so for me there's minimal difference between the three.
Given the setup you have, I can see that it works well.
I don't have a tablet, and my monitor is landscape mode (& not particularly giant) thus my different experience reading PDFs.
boshuda wrote:I agree the Adobe reader is pretty weak for comics, but I don't use any other. I use the adobe reader on my tablet for 90% of my pdf reading, I have large monitors that allow me to view two pages side by side on one display, and at work I turn one of my monitors sideways to view a page at the page's normal aspect ratio. That's also how I read comic books in cbz/cbr, or comixology format, so for me there's minimal difference between the three.
Given the setup you have, I can see that it works well.
I don't have a tablet, and my monitor is landscape mode (& not particularly giant) thus my different experience reading PDFs.
This is also how I read comixology books. So to me the difference between the two is minimal. I don't like guided view for reading at all.
Don't forget you can switch Adobe Reader to full-screen mode, giving you just a little more real estate.
boshuda wrote: I don't like guided view for reading at all.
I really like the Comixology guided view. It makes reading on the smaller devices I have work really great. It's the guided view that PDFs lack (for me).
ctowner1 wrote:
Yah - I saw that, too. Although it is a HC and you do get other stuff, too. But for $5 you get a pdf of the book (plus some other stuff) - that seems a reasonable deal, at a minimum.
This is a kids book. Theoretically you'd want to read it to a kid, maybe for bedtime.
Hey, let's curl up by the computer to read this PDF before bed! Lame..... (not everyone had an iPad)
I must say that's the best looking & easiest to read PDF I've ever seen. If all comics on PDF were done that way, I'd love the format, it basically approximates what Comixology does for you.
Apparently the new Arsenic Lullaby trade didn't get enough pre-orders so the creator is going the Kickstarter route. They've canceled the existing Diamond orders, so now you have to get it through here, or I assume later in Previews.
I'm a fan of the comic, but it is very dark and perverse. Be forewarned.
I only scanned through it to determine it worked. I hadn't actually read it (lesson learned -- don't post content until you've read it).