Wii and Online eBooks

Hatgirl · 02-15-2010, 07:01 PM

On a whim, I used the Internet Channel on my Wii to access the ePubs I have uploaded to Bookworm. Not only can I access them, but reading them was a pretty pleasant experience.

Then I tried the free chapters Baen put on their website - yep, a pleasant read.

Cool, I can read books on my TV! Not sure why I would want to do that, but still neat

Bremen Cole · 02-15-2010, 09:28 PM

I would have never thought that was possible, cool!

SCION · 02-15-2010, 09:35 PM

Yes, very cool!

Sweetpea · 02-16-2010, 02:13 AM

Can you simply open them without installing extra software?

Hatgirl · 02-16-2010, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Can you simply open them without installing extra software?

You aren't installing extra software. The Internet Channel on the Wii allows you to surf the web from your Wii/TV. If a book is hosted on the web in some way - like the free books online at Baen, or the ePubs you can upload to Bookworm - then you can "surf" to that web address and look at the book.

(FYI, the browser used by the Internet Channel is Opera)

Sweetpea · 02-16-2010, 10:19 AM

But don't you need software to read epubs? Or does that bookworm convert them to HTML?

Bremen Cole · 02-16-2010, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

But don't you need software to read epubs? Or does that bookworm convert them to HTML?

You may be aware of this, but there is a plugin for Firefox (browser) for reading ePubs. It actually works pretty good... perhaps Opera has one as well?

kjk · 02-16-2010, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

But don't you need software to read epubs? Or does that bookworm convert them to HTML?

It doesn't need any software to download to read the ePubs-not sure how its working its magic: http://bookworm.oreilly.com/about/

Looking at the source, I'm guessing its reading the XML file inside the ePub to display it in the browser-but it also shows the TOC in a side-frame. Pretty sweet!

edit: and Hatgirl, I'm going to try it with my PS3 browser next

Hatgirl · 02-17-2010, 11:21 AM

Just tried the Project Gutenberg "Read Online" option. Readable, but the navigation column on the left and the lack of any kind of whitespace margin on the right means reading is a bit of a chore.

JSWolf · 02-19-2010, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kjk

It doesn't need any software to download to read the ePubs-not sure how its working its magic: http://bookworm.oreilly.com/about/

Looking at the source, I'm guessing its reading the XML file inside the ePub to display it in the browser-but it also shows the TOC in a side-frame. Pretty sweet!

edit: and Hatgirl, I'm going to try it with my PS3 browser next

bookworm
Online ePub ebook reading

That is how it is done.

SimonSays · 02-21-2010, 11:31 PM

That's great! I really need to buy a keyboard for my Wii because I hate using the wiimote to type in everything

Hatgirl · 03-02-2010, 02:16 PM

Just read an entire free story from Tor using the Wii. A thoroughly pleasant experience.

02-15-2010, 07:01 PM	#1
Hatgirl Addict Posts: 296 Karma: 955301 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Sony PRS-300, Sony PRS-T2, Kindle (7th Gen)	Wii and Online eBooks On a whim, I used the Internet Channel on my Wii to access the ePubs I have uploaded to Bookworm. Not only can I access them, but reading them was a pretty pleasant experience. Then I tried the free chapters Baen put on their website - yep, a pleasant read. Cool, I can read books on my TV! Not sure why I would want to do that, but still neat

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