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bobnelsonfr · 09-21-2009, 01:20 AM

Hello all,

My name is Bob. I was born in the US, but have lived in France for forty years. I have both nationalities.

I am a fairly competent computer user, but know little of their innards. I have machines running XP, Vista, Snow Leopard, and Ubuntu.

My wife has had a Sony 505 for a year now, but I found it too big. I have just ordered a Cybook Opus that should be "pocketable".

My bookshelves at Fictionwise and Baen combined hold about 540 books. I have just re-downloaded them all in epub. Well... all except the expired DRMs. I have not purchased any DRMed books for the last several years.

I've just installed ZuluReader...
http://www.zuluexpress.com/ZuluMobile.aspx
... on my HTC TyTN II smartphone. There were a couple minor issues, but Steve Dales, the author, fixed them instantly. Very impressive reaction time! ZuluReader is simple, efficient and fat-finger-friendly.

I actually listen to my ebooks as often as I read them. I convert them to text files, add pauses at chapter breaks, and then run them through a text-to-mp3 program called TextAloud. The result is somewhat "computer-flat", but acceptable. In fact, I prefer it to a poor Audible reader...

09-21-2009, 01:20 AM	#1
bobnelsonfr Newbie Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Calais, France & Yuma, AZ Device: Samsung Galaxy S8+ with several apps	Newbie in France Hello all, My name is Bob. I was born in the US, but have lived in France for forty years. I have both nationalities. I am a fairly competent computer user, but know little of their innards. I have machines running XP, Vista, Snow Leopard, and Ubuntu. My wife has had a Sony 505 for a year now, but I found it too big. I have just ordered a Cybook Opus that should be "pocketable". My bookshelves at Fictionwise and Baen combined hold about 540 books. I have just re-downloaded them all in epub. Well... all except the expired DRMs. I have not purchased any DRMed books for the last several years. I've just installed ZuluReader... http://www.zuluexpress.com/ZuluMobile.aspx ... on my HTC TyTN II smartphone. There were a couple minor issues, but Steve Dales, the author, fixed them instantly. *Very* impressive reaction time! ZuluReader is simple, efficient and fat-finger-friendly. I actually listen to my ebooks as often as I read them. I convert them to text files, add pauses at chapter breaks, and then run them through a text-to-mp3 program called TextAloud. The result is somewhat "computer-flat", but acceptable. In fact, I prefer it to a poor Audible reader...