Favorite eBook reading software? - Page 2

HarryT · 06-19-2007, 08:21 AM

I'd vote for uBook. It puts everything else in the shade - once you get used to its somewhat "quirky" configuration system.

Gibbo · 06-19-2007, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by cheshire

And another from me too, collectively under "Others".

Same here

MishaS · 06-22-2007, 07:25 AM

Pity nobody's mentioned FBReader

rlauzon · 06-22-2007, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by MishaS

Pity nobody's mentioned FBReader

FBReader works. But that's the best I can say about it right now. It's still a bit rough on the edges (like not letting me turn off right justification in the versions that I have).

After it's been polished a bit, maybe.

MishaS · 06-22-2007, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by rlauzon

FBReader works. But that's the best I can say about it right now. It's still a bit rough on the edges (like not letting me turn off right justification in the versions that I have).

After it's been polished a bit, maybe.

We'd appreciate if you could share your experience and expectations in FBReader group (this forum is also OK, it's just I do not follow it very often these days).

Liviu_5 · 06-23-2007, 10:48 PM

For me FBreader on Nokia is the most amazing reader software. I've been with it from its beginning and reported all the bugs I found, experimented as the creators suggested on their Google group, and from version 0.7.e or f on (now is 0.8??, forgot since on OS2006 I update it wirelessly without going through a pc) it's been perfect for me.

It can read a lot of formats and quite a few languages (including unencrypted Mobipocket, and opf), it reads zip archives so you can save lots of space by compressing your books and more recently it even paginates numerically the book and shows the time on that bar (which you toggle in and out as you wish with a button). Of course it has all the standard things like rotation, library, previous opened book, recent book list, table of contents, search, customizable margins, font, colors, character list, image embedding, automatic saving...

I guess that for any other devices you just have to report your experiences and bugs on the Google group and the fix will come soon.

Also the Ebk1150 proprietary software is pretty good, fast, good search and the rest.

On my PC I tried this and that including uBook, but ultimately for anything reflowable I discovered I read it best in html with my Firefox browser.

Janet · 07-09-2007, 03:29 AM

My favorite bookreader is readmaniac (http://www.deep-shadows.com/hax/ReadManiac/index.htm)

Katrina Cardway · 07-17-2007, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by cherdman

Another vote for Mobipocket.

We're very excited that we've begun offering Mobipocket books at eBooksAboutEverything.com - now we can get the books we want from our own store.

JSWolf · 07-17-2007, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Katrina Cardway

We're very excited that we've begun offering Mobipocket books at eBooksAboutEverything.com - now we can get the books we want from our own store.

Can you offer BBeB (LRF) format books for the Sony Reader?

nekokami · 07-17-2007, 09:22 PM

FBReader is my favorite. (Though I don't have an awful lot of choices on my reading platform, the iLiad.)

Katrina Cardway · 07-23-2007, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Can you offer BBeB (LRF) format books for the Sony Reader?

So far, Sony is trying to keep retailing of their format to their own online store. We aren't able to offer this particular format yet.

Personally, I think they might have had a chance in the format wars if they had spread their seed a little rather than keeping it in their pants.

So we're not getting in bed with Sony just yet - but our store is all about providing anything that we can to make it easy for customers to find just what they are looking for, content-wise and format-wise. So I'll be sure to update if we do.

However, I've got it on good authority that the Sony reader will begin reading Mobipocket format books natively in a few short weeks. If that's all good - then I may actually plunk my change down and get a Sony too, Since we, at www.eBooksAboutEverything.com have Mobipocket ebooks now!

This new alliance may help Sony win the hardware war, even if their parley into proprietary reading formats doesn't work out so well.

Cheers -
Katrina

JSWolf · 07-23-2007, 07:14 PM

You could offer LRF format. LRF is the DRM free version of the BBeB format for the Sony Reader. I know I'd love it if I could buy DRM free books that are current sellers.

NatCh · 07-23-2007, 09:32 PM

What about EPUB/Digital Editions? How's that looking?

JSWolf · 07-23-2007, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

What about EPUB/Digital Editions? How's that looking?

Actually, it's not very useful at the moment for anything other then a computer or a windows mobile device.

In English. Won't sell well at all at the moment.

NatCh · 07-23-2007, 09:40 PM

Oh, I know that part, I was wondering if the e-booksellers had any more insight into how EPUB looks in the near future is all.

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06-19-2007, 08:21 AM	#16
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I'd vote for uBook. It puts everything else in the shade - once you get used to its somewhat "quirky" configuration system.

06-22-2007, 07:25 AM	#18
MishaS Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 52 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Helsinki, Finland Device: Nokia N810/Nokia E51	Pity nobody's mentioned FBReader

06-23-2007, 10:48 PM	#21
Liviu_5 Books and more books Posts: 917 Karma: 69499 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: White Plains, NY, USA Device: Nook Color, Itouch, Nokia770, Sony 650, Sony 700(dead), Ebk(given)	For me FBreader on Nokia is the most amazing reader software. I've been with it from its beginning and reported all the bugs I found, experimented as the creators suggested on their Google group, and from version 0.7.e or f on (now is 0.8??, forgot since on OS2006 I update it wirelessly without going through a pc) it's been perfect for me. It can read a lot of formats and quite a few languages (including unencrypted Mobipocket, and opf), it reads zip archives so you can save lots of space by compressing your books and more recently it even paginates numerically the book and shows the time on that bar (which you toggle in and out as you wish with a button). Of course it has all the standard things like rotation, library, previous opened book, recent book list, table of contents, search, customizable margins, font, colors, character list, image embedding, automatic saving... I guess that for any other devices you just have to report your experiences and bugs on the Google group and the fix will come soon. Also the Ebk1150 proprietary software is pretty good, fast, good search and the rest. On my PC I tried this and that including uBook, but ultimately for anything reflowable I discovered I read it best in html with my Firefox browser.

07-09-2007, 03:29 AM	#22
Janet Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: k750	My favorite bookreader is readmaniac (http://www.deep-shadows.com/hax/ReadManiac/index.htm)

07-17-2007, 09:22 PM	#25
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	FBReader is my favorite. (Though I don't have an awful lot of choices on my reading platform, the iLiad.)

07-23-2007, 07:14 PM	#27
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,782 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	You could offer LRF format. LRF is the DRM free version of the BBeB format for the Sony Reader. I know I'd love it if I could buy DRM free books that are current sellers.

07-23-2007, 09:32 PM	#28
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	What about EPUB/Digital Editions? How's that looking?

07-23-2007, 09:40 PM	#30
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Oh, I know that part, I was wondering if the e-booksellers had any more insight into how EPUB looks in the near future is all.