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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Yes, Microsoft Reader has been around for almost ten years. But who actually uses it to read ebooks?
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Well, most anyone who reads ebooks on either a laptop, a PocketPC, a Windows Mobile PDA, or a smartphone, uses it from time to time. It's still one of my 3 primary ereading applications on those platforms.
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A lot of folks simply aren't comfortable reading extensively on a PC screen. One reason dedicated readers are popular is the eInk screen.
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You are aware of the fact that the most popular ebook reader on earth is a PC of some kind, aren't you? Most people have no problem with it. Second most popular is probably whatever portable/converged device they have in thier pocket. Dedicated readers, some of which have eInk screens, are third. Since _Mobile_Read is about the second and third categories, we tend to forget about the first category.
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While I think a PC reader for Kindle books is a good idea, I don't see it being many people's primary reader.
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You mean the people who currently read on a PC will suddenly stop? I doubt it.
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For instance, my primary reader is a Palm OS PDA, with eBooks in Plucker, MobiPocker, PDF, eReader, and a couple of other formats. Because FBReader handles Plucker and Mobipocket files (and ePub), most of my ebook library is also on my notebook which triple boots Wion2K and two flavors of Linux. My master repository is on my desktop PC, with software that will let me read any ebook I possess, but I almost never use it for that.
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You might want to tune up your imagination. Other people read differently. In most cases, a lot differently.
Regards,
Jack Tingle