We have twelve SIXTEEN TWENTY-TWO Gmail invites to giveaway. All you have to do is reply to this thread and tell us what your favorite eBook reader is any why (one or two sentences is enough).

PS: If you won a Gmail invite before, but haven't received it yet, please PM me - I need your contact e-mail to send the invite!

By far, my favorite eBook reader is iSilo. It doesn't read ALL the formats but what makes it the best in my mind is its little companion...iSiloX. Using these two together is a very powerful combination. Now not only can I read most eBooks, I can also convert any website VERY quickly to be read later on my PDA after the next HotSync. I like the way that iSiloX keeps much of the formatting in the conversion so it looks better on my screen. iSiloX also allows me to "password protect" any document and gives me the choice on whether to put it in PDA RAM or on the memory card. Nice touch. There are so many options to "tweak" it makes it a GREAT program for advanced as well as newbies.

iSilo also has a feature that I look for in any reader I've tried...it does an excellent job of smooth scrolling. This is my favorite way to read.

Thanks for the opportunity to share and try for a Gmail Invite!

Frank Hodson III
fchodson@hodsonhome.com

Isilo is my favorite. This little program does it all. It can read ebooks and html. With IsiloX you have everything. I am able to read books, check websites and even read the comics. Doesn't get much better than this.

I've got 4 unused GMail invites also, from the thread earlier last week... most of those that responded in that thread have GMail accounts, and the two that did not, I've contacted privately to give them their address.

So I have 4 left to hand out. That makes 16 total between the two of us.

That's too cool! Made the changes in the first post.

I use Isolo.

What can I say. There is very little that this cool program won't do. :cool:

Thanks for the opportunity to share and try for a Gmail Invite!

Jerry

Hello there and thanks for gmail chance !

My favorite eBook reader is Mobipocket: a secure reading system and so much notes included for each downloaded ebook.

All tHe best!
tipsorg AT yahoo.com

jerryss, check your email for the invite. tipsorg, rbentley101, hodson PM me and tell me where you want to have the invite send to.

12 more invites available. Hurry ;)

My favorite is Palmone's eReader Pro.

I have used it for several year and I love it.

The eReader bookstore has a wide selection of currently popular titles, making it easy to find a variety of books to take with me on one of my many business trips.

The eReader software supports a variety of fonts and colore schemes, allowing me to customize the reader to make it easy on my eyes. I also like the abililty to use bookmarks to save my place, and to annotate by adding my own personal notes, when desired.

Another eReader user here, who appreciates the ability to change the backgrounds, font faces and size, note capabilities and bookmarks.

I also like the eReader store, powered by Peanut Press, for a great variety at discount prices without the hassles of points.

Paul Sanz
fulltext@msn.com

I don't need a gmail invite, but do have 6 I can add to the pool, if you want them (they just keep giving them to me! :p )

Incidently, I _love_ ubook, it's now my favourite reader, followed equally in second place by isilo and mobipocket reader. I just wish isilo had a landscape option.

Craig.

That's great, Craig! Lemme change the first post again... ;)

If I counted correctly, we now have 16 out of 22 invites left. This is your chance, if you don't have an Gmail e-mail yet.

How long are you guys planning to keep this thread alive if you constantly add more and more invite giveaways ;)

My favorite reader is Plucker, because it is open-source and probably has the nicest output of html-converted documents. Followed by eBook Reader for $$-books

(no invite for me; I've won one in an earlier contest here ;))

TomeRaider is my favorite as the menu is intuitive. Its easy to create book marks and I like the customizable autoscroll.

But nothing beats Plucker for my HTML eBooks collection (and for offline reading too). Good features plus its free!

I am using Isilo. :) It meets my requirements and expectations.

As a Palm user I like Plucker the best for its great skill with fonts and its very intuitive category system. Followed closely by iSilo for its speed.

(no invite for me)

hello. i use palmreader because i am more at ease with the interface. since not all docs i want to read are available in palmreader format, i also use isilo which is fast and has many docs written for it.

btw, i'm interested in getting an email invite. :)

I also don't need one since I already won one earlier but it seem the supply has now overtaken demand... Gmail must be close to shedding it 'beta' and its 'by invitation only' status...

lzlasco, jryanlee80, blueberrycheese: please PM me your email where to send the invite to.

Still 13 Gmail invites are waiting for you! Use this thread if you are interested ;)

Btw, one thing I like about eReader is its seamless integration of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th Ed). Since English is not my first language, it is often quite helpful to lookup the definition of a word when reading a book.

Another reader that offers the real Merriam-Webster is MobiPocket.

I like iSilo the best. It reads all my doc files, plus web-pages. With the latest improvements, the program is getting better every day. It even has the desktop program for the PC and Mac.

I use mobipocket. It's quite easy to use.

Hope the invitation to gmail is still open. Thank you.

Heidi
heidi@ispbonanza.com.ph

lzlasco, jryanlee80, blueberrycheese: please PM me your email where to send the invite to.

just did. thanks again! :)

I'm also a heavy user of iSilo/iSiloX (great for offline HTML reading!) and eReader (love the highlighting and note features).

I love WordSmith (by Blue Nomad (http://www.bluenomad.com)) for reading and editing Word documents. WordSmith is a joy to use for large documents, and I love its FineType font technology. I just wish Blue Nomad would update it to support images and tables.

I've recently tried RepliGo (http://www.cerience.com/), and I'd have to say it is excellent, as well. It is mainly billed as a PDF reader, but its converter is set up as a printer in Windows, so you can convert any document you can print. It supports bookmarks, notes, and highlighting, plus it has a variety of display features, including excellent zooming capability, landscape support, virtual input area support on Palms, and a text-only mode. Plus, there are viewers available for Palm OS, Symbian, PocketPC, and Windows. RepliGo's only problems are that it only supports its own document format, and the converter isn't cheap; though the viewers are free, the converter is $29.95. If I had a lot of PDFs to view on my Palm, however, I'd probably go ahead and swallow that hefty price, for RepliGo is vastly superior to Adobe's own Reader for Palm OS.

I hate the Adobe Reader for Palm OS. It's a bloated, ancient mess that needs to be thrown away. This thing was a terrible pain when it was introduced; it was huge for a Palm app, and the old m68k-based Palms of the day couldn't run it well. It has never gotten any better, really. It still has no bookmarking, highlighting, or note capabilities. It has no real font capabilities, and its handling of images is kludgy ("tap and hold to see the full-size image"). And this is all when I can get it to work; the program remains largely incompatible with palmOne's Tungsten T3. On the T3, the app most often skips over sections of text on a page, there are screen refresh issues, and frequent crashes. Plus, the desktop converter is a miserable experience. It requires Adobe Reader 6.0 on the desktop now (which is its own bit of bloated mess), always complains about the PDFs in question not being "tagged PDFs" (I have yet to see one of those), and inexplicably makes the resulting PDB file bigger than the original, though large portions of the formatting information was supposedly removed. IMNSHO, the Adobe Reader for Palm OS is virtually useless. I hope the Adobe's Readers for PocketPC and Symbian are better.

i use the plain vanilla palmreader. i guess i'm not the sophisticated type of a palm person. for my simple ebook reading needs, palmreader proves adequate so far. and by the way, i'm interested in getting a gmail invite! :) -- in case i qualify, my email address is hannah71188@hotmail.com thanks in advance!!

i have tried a few readers like palmreader, isilo, and plucker. those are the ones i can recall. plucker has many features which i don't use, thus for me it is either isilo or palmreader. i'd like to get a gmail invite too! merci. :)

I like iSilo + eReader best. One for reading offline html pages, the other for reading full e-books.

No invite for me; already found one here before.

I like iSilo + eReader best. One for reading offline html pages, the other for reading full e-books.
I use iSilo for everything.
Doctorow, why do you prefer eReader for full e-books?
Is it because of the e-books you can buy? Or the interface itself has an advantage?

Although I might be switching soon, though. This Sunshine (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2218&highlight=sunrise) stuff seems very attractive.

OK some of you already PMed me, some didn't. Trying hard not to lose track! johng, Heidi, Traecer Prime, hannah71188, elise10189 please PM me your e-mail address where I can send the invite to.

That means we should have eight Gmail invites left, each waiting for a new Gmail account owner ;)

I use mobipocket, it downloads all my news and with office companion , it can convert any MS Office document into a reader file and send it to my phone to read later. :cool:

Eh, might as well voice my eccentric tastes for a Gmail invite. ;P

Personally I use QT/Opie Reader on my SL-5600 Zaurus (Linux-based; almost a pocket computer ;) ), with Plucker as the main format I use.

Why? Well, there are many books available in the Plucker format (through several sites, including http://manybooks.net), as well as being able to take HTML news feeds (i.e. Slashdot, etc.), and turn them into nice sized packages for reading. It's open source (for a FOSS [Free/Open Source Software] geek like myself, that's a real bonus), and has no DRM/copy protection on it, as there are no DRM-able readers for the Zaurus.

As for why QT/Opie Reader as the viewer... Well, it's simply the best one for the Zaurus, with only a few others available.

Of those who answered in this thread but haven't received his or her invite yet, please PM me your e-mail address.

Pls if some one can send me gmail invitation on sharmagaurav@email.com
would be very thanksful

GS


I've got 4 unused GMail invites also, from the thread earlier last week... most of those that responded in that thread have GMail accounts, and the two that did not, I've contacted privately to give them their address.

So I have 4 left to hand out. That makes 16 total between the two of us.

Pls if some one can send me gmail invitation on sharmagaurav@email.com
would be very thanksful

GS

Did you get one yet?

Craig.

Can somebody send me a gmail invite to:
brianez21 @ netscape.net
thanks so much!

also: my favorite book is The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Actually, I like the whole series, but I enjoy that perticular book because of how Will uses the knife. It is interesting and sometimes I think about what littles things could have been diffrent, and how the whole story can change.
It just is facinating! :)

(this is from: brianez21 @ netscape.net )

never mind.
a friend sent me a gmail invite....

That was quick! You didn't even give me time to respond!!! :D

Craig. (5 invites left)

jongrok kim jong0ok@msn.com
thank you

Please don't post your e-mail here in public, because it is a sure way of getting massive spam. You must register here and then send a PM to the person who is still offering an invite.

hey if anyone can plz give me an invite i will be oh soo thankfull!!!!!!

I need gmail soo freaking bad!

if anyone can give me an invite to it that would be great, my email adress is alex_duncan_1@yahoo.com

thanx :)

You've got it.

can anyone give me gmail invite? send it to mantas@email.su tnx.

do you still have gmail invites? please let me know. my friend is asking for one. thanks.

Sorry, I don't.
BTW, kabumas (this is a cool name!), listen to Alexander and try not to post your address.

Sorry, I'm all out as well, and Google haven't seen fit to issue me with any more (that may mean they have enough "testers", or might be getting close to the end of the beta period, or both! :) )

Craig.