Mobipocket Reader: Still the king of Windows eBook readers?

Arrghus · 06-01-2014, 02:09 PM

Honestly, here we are in 2014 and I still cannot find anything that offers the same level of reading customisation.

All I want to be able to do is change the font, line-spacing, text-alignment (Mobipocket can only do this for -some- books), and colours (i.e. dark grey b/g and white text). I don't need fancy cloud-based services, nor any library management features.

I mainly deal with EPUBs, but for reading on the computer, I am willing to convert in Calibre or import directly in the software. How is it that there is still no viable alternative?

CoolReader is amazing on my Glowlight, but is dreadful in Windows. I've tried Kobo's and Amazon's PC offering and also found them to be wanting.

The best reader would potentially be Calibre's, but having to mess around with CSS (which will only work on some books, irrespective of the !important tag) is really off-putting. If line-spacing and highlighting/notes options were added, I'd switch in a heartbeat.

What do you use to read on Windows?

eschwartz · 06-01-2014, 03:33 PM

calibre ebook-viewer.

Nate the great · 06-01-2014, 04:10 PM

MobiReader isn't quite up too snuff when it comes to typography, but aside from that it is still the most feature rich Windows reading app.

I do so wish it had been rebranded and maintained by the Kindle folks. It is more complicated than Kindle for PC but it also has about 10 times the options.

06-01-2014, 02:09 PM	#1
Arrghus Zealot Posts: 143 Karma: 5002 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Llandudno, Wales Device: Kindle PW2; Nexus 5X	Mobipocket Reader: Still the king of Windows eBook readers? Honestly, here we are in 2014 and I still cannot find anything that offers the same level of reading customisation. All I want to be able to do is change the font, line-spacing, text-alignment (Mobipocket can only do this for -some- books), and colours (i.e. dark grey b/g and white text). I don't need fancy cloud-based services, nor any library management features. I mainly deal with EPUBs, but for reading on the computer, I am willing to convert in Calibre or import directly in the software. How is it that there is still no viable alternative? CoolReader is amazing on my Glowlight, but is dreadful in Windows. I've tried Kobo's and Amazon's PC offering and also found them to be wanting. The best reader would potentially be Calibre's, but having to mess around with CSS (which will only work on some books, irrespective of the !important tag) is really off-putting. If line-spacing and highlighting/notes options were added, I'd switch in a heartbeat. What do you use to read on Windows?

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06-01-2014, 03:33 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	calibre ebook-viewer.

06-01-2014, 04:10 PM	#3
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	MobiReader isn't quite up too snuff when it comes to typography, but aside from that it is still the most feature rich Windows reading app. I do so wish it had been rebranded and maintained by the Kindle folks. It is more complicated than Kindle for PC but it also has about 10 times the options.

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