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The Old Man · 10-21-2009, 04:58 PM

I thought some comments on the B&N PC reader would be appropriate.

This is a free download and it installed easily on my Windows XP SP3 computer.

It does place a remove option in the Control panel. I have not tried that yet.

The interface takes a little getting used to but is not that difficult to figure out.

The download comes with a couple of public domain books and several more are available once you sign up for a B&N account. They are stored in Documents and Settings/username/Application Data/B&NeReader User Data/Book Data and have a kz extension. The name of the book has a number so seeing what book is listed with MS Explorer is not easy to determine except by date downloaded.

There is a free dictionary can you can highlite a word and look it up in the dictionary.

It will remember where you are in a book and return you to that spot when you open it again. This is true even if you open another book to read. It seems to remember the place in all books you have opened.

You can highlite and add notes.

My main complaint is that it seems to accept only kz files. Lit, prc, pdf can not be loaded into the PC Reader.

I hope a few others will try and report on the B&N eReader.

10-21-2009, 04:58 PM	#1
The Old Man Fanatic Posts: 546 Karma: 1337413 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Keene, New Hampshire Device: iPad Mini	PC eBook Reader I thought some comments on the B&N PC reader would be appropriate. This is a free download and it installed easily on my Windows XP SP3 computer. It does place a remove option in the Control panel. I have not tried that yet. The interface takes a little getting used to but is not that difficult to figure out. The download comes with a couple of public domain books and several more are available once you sign up for a B&N account. They are stored in Documents and Settings/username/Application Data/B&NeReader User Data/Book Data and have a kz extension. The name of the book has a number so seeing what book is listed with MS Explorer is not easy to determine except by date downloaded. There is a free dictionary can you can highlite a word and look it up in the dictionary. It will remember where you are in a book and return you to that spot when you open it again. This is true even if you open another book to read. It seems to remember the place in all books you have opened. You can highlite and add notes. My main complaint is that it seems to accept only kz files. Lit, prc, pdf can not be loaded into the PC Reader. I hope a few others will try and report on the B&N eReader.