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wallcraft · 12-13-2006, 10:12 PM

FBReader is the best bet. Progress on a port is discussed in the Anyone thinking about a dotReader port? thread. FBReader reads RTF and also HTML, although I typically convert HTML to plucker first. A relatively new addition is CHM support, and in fact almost all the formats on the software wishlist are supported. There are limitations (no tables, no DRM, no annotations), but for pure book reading it is excellent. FBReader is the reason why the Nokia 770 is so popular for e-book reading. The 770 has a great screen, but FBReader is the software that makes it into a viable e-book device.

If you have Linux on a PC, download FBReader and try it out. It is Linux only, but see When a win32 version? for an example of running FBReader under VMware Player.

12-13-2006, 10:12 PM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	FBReader is the best bet. Progress on a port is discussed in the Anyone thinking about a dotReader port? thread. FBReader reads RTF and also HTML, although I typically convert HTML to plucker first. A relatively new addition is CHM support, and in fact almost all the formats on the software wishlist are supported. There are limitations (no tables, no DRM, no annotations), but for pure book reading it is excellent. FBReader is the reason why the Nokia 770 is so popular for e-book reading. The 770 has a great screen, but FBReader is the software that makes it into a viable e-book device. If you have Linux on a PC, download FBReader and try it out. It is Linux only, but see When a win32 version? for an example of running FBReader under VMware Player.