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Old 09-17-2010, 08:15 PM   #1
Big Kev
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Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Reading Software for PC???

Hi All

Need some help/suggestions with regard to suitable software for reading ebooks on a PC.

My elderly father-in-law loves reading but unfortunately his eyes are going and he needs a larger sized font than you can get in a printed book so I thought I would give him a try on our laptop which runs Windows 7.

Only catch is that whatever reading software I use has to be really simple to operate as he has never used a computer before and I don't want too much of a learning curve for him. The software also needs to be able to display the page in full screen mode and have adjustable font sizes.

Format is not that much of an issue as I use Calibre and can convert to whatever although mobi is probably more cenvenient as I hav e a Kindle and already convert to that format.

The software doesn't need to be able to connect to bookstores etc as he likes old books which I can download from Guttenberg, etc.

I've tried Kindle for PC and Microsoft Reader which are both okay from an operational perspective but on the laptop will not display in full screen mode which significantly reduces the number of words on the screen.

Mobipocket Reader is good display wise but is a little more complicated to operate from a complete novices perspective so I'm looking for something really simple to operate but with the good display qualities.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks
Kevin
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