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Elfwreck · 09-19-2011, 07:11 PM

I have a 5" Pocket Pro EZReader (sometimes called PEZ), and I love it. I buy books from Smashwords and the Multiformat selections at Fictionwise, and from Baen, both their free library and the WebScription ebook store (don't let the name fool you; you don't have to subscribe to anything--although you can, and get books earlier than they're otherwise available).

There's also plenty of free ebooks--from the free library here at Mobileread, you can use any of the epub or mobi/prc ebooks, and some of the PDFs. (You can technically use any of the PDFs, but they may not all display well on the small screen.) Project Gutenberg is a great place for public domain ebooks (although the ones that are here, tend to be better--they've been carefully formatted with portable readers in mind), and a lot of authors release free ebooks at Feedbooks.

I add books by drag-and-drop, but the majority of Astak EZReader users probably use Calibre to manage and transfer their ebooks. (It's a great program; it's just that I bounce between several computers and haven't figured out how to coordinate it.) With Calibre, you can convert any non-DRM'd ebook to a format you can read; I prefer the epub support to the mobi/prc formatting.

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09-19-2011, 07:11 PM	#3
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	I have a 5" Pocket Pro EZReader (sometimes called PEZ), and I love it. I buy books from Smashwords and the Multiformat selections at Fictionwise, and from Baen, both their free library and the WebScription ebook store (don't let the name fool you; you don't have to subscribe to anything--although you can, and get books earlier than they're otherwise available). There's also plenty of free ebooks--from the free library here at Mobileread, you can use any of the epub or mobi/prc ebooks, and some of the PDFs. (You can technically use any of the PDFs, but they may not all display well on the small screen.) Project Gutenberg is a great place for public domain ebooks (although the ones that are here, tend to be better--they've been carefully formatted with portable readers in mind), and a lot of authors release free ebooks at Feedbooks. I add books by drag-and-drop, but the majority of Astak EZReader users probably use Calibre to manage and transfer their ebooks. (It's a great program; it's just that I bounce between several computers and haven't figured out how to coordinate it.) With Calibre, you can convert any non-DRM'd ebook to a format you can read; I prefer the epub support to the mobi/prc formatting. Welcome to Mobileread!