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Originally Posted by kandwo
I think most e-readers will handle gutenberg books just fine. You can download them directly to your device, but I'd recommend using something like Calibre to sideload them (it's very easy to use).
Even on my 2nd gen kindle I could use the browser to download mobi files directly to the device and start reading immediately. The formatting tends to be somewhat of a problem, though. I need to have all my books justified, otherwise I simply won't read them; this is very easy to do in Calibre.
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Most e-readers will handle them just fine. The problem for me is that the formatting on the average Gutenberg ebook ranges from atrocious down. One of the reasons that I started using Sigil way back when. You might want to compare the same title in the MobileRead library compared to the Gutenberg version to see what a little bit of tender loving care can accomplish.
Never mind justification though I personally prefer ragged right aka left justified, I've had Gutenberg books that fip-flopped between full justication, left justified and centered.
BTW, is a real need to have your ebooks justified or a strong preference them justified? I have trouble visualizing an issue that would make it impossible to read an ebook that wasn't full justified.