Tools
Calibre+Plugins
Non-plugin scripts related to the above
Python Collections script <--can't live without it
Kindle4PC
Nook4PC
Adobe Digital Editions
Mobipocket Reader Pro (avail. for free these days, sometimes good for pdf conversions. Sometimes.)
Sigil
Mobipocket Creator
Kindle Previewer
ConvertLit GUI (Yes, they still exist. They're even still being sold.)
GIMP for fixing book covers
Hardware
Kindle 3 wifi+3g
Dell Inspiron 11z w/Vista
Compaq Presario v2000 w/XP
Do pen and paper count? They come in handy too.
Sites for Books
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Diesel (only when I have to)
Feedbooks
MobileRead
eHarlequin
Fictionwise
Baen
AllRomance
Girlebooks
Smashwords
ManyBooks
Internet Archive
Book View Cafe
Project Gutenberg
Direct - I've gotten several from authors' sites/blogs and even via email
Sites for Info
MobileRead, and sites I've found through MobileRead. Seriously, pretty much everything I've learned started right here. Sometimes I check out the Amazon Kindle board but it usually makes me want to run back here and cry.
Edited to add Project Gutenberg.
Last edited by CWatkinsNash; 01-03-2011 at 03:25 PM.
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