The BeBook eReader, which is manufactured by Hanlin, comes with 20,000 free ebooks. There are two models, the BeBook ‘One’ eReader, and the recently introduced BeBook ‘Mini’ eReader(only 5″ tall).
Both BeBook eReaders have very similar features, and essentially differ only in size & price:
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E-Ink paper-like display that’s very easy to read, even in bright sunlight
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Battery charge normally lasts 7,000 page turns
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Extreme portability for use at home, on vacation, to study, at work, and when you travel
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Use your BeBook to read books, textbooks, personal papers, newspapers & periodicals, catalogs, work documents, reference books, ebooks, training papers, virtually any document!
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Read any pdf*, mobi, lit*, epub*, html, txt, prc, fb2, jpg file and over 300,000 free rss newsfeeds, including Mobipocket Digital Rights Management support. (*non-drm)
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Easily accessible library menu that you can sort by title, file name, and size
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BeBook supports file formats: pdf, mobi, prc, epub, lit, txt, fb2, doc, html, rtf, djvu, wol, ppt, mbp, chm, bmp, jpg, png, gif, tif, rar, zip, mp3.
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Store up to 1,000 books on 512MB of internal memory, and an infinite number on SD memory cards (optional at $12.95 each!)
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Built-in menu language support: English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Chinese, Russian, Greek, Ukraine, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Bulgarian, Estonian, Polish
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BeBook gives you the ability to change the font style while reading
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Throw away your reading glasses (Increase/decrease font size of ereader display)
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Add bookmarks, zoom, and more
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Play mp3 files and audiobooks on your BeBook
The Bebook One, at $249.00, and the BeBook Mini, at $199.00, are excellent alternatives to similar sized models by other manufacturers.
Here’s a short video review of the BeBook eReader (the music’s a little loud, so you might want to turn the sound down!)