06-15-2010, 12:01 PM | #1 |
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Mini-FAQ: What ebook formats can I read on an iPad/iPhone?
Let's start a list of what ebook formats the iPad/iPhone can read, and what apps you need to get to read them!
Maybe something like: DRM Formats, Vendor Specific: iBooks (Fairplay ePub) iBooks Kindle (various formats) Kindle App, by Amazon (iPad and iPhone apps available, no sideloading) Barnes and Noble (Adobe Ignoble PDF and ePub) Barnes and Noble eReader Apps, by Barnes and Noble (iPad and iPhone apps available, no sideloading) DRM Formats, General: Adobe Inept (PDF and ePub) Kobo, by Kobo (iPad and iPhone apps available, no sideloading) Txtr, by Txtr (iPhone app available) Non-DRM Formats: ePub iBooks, by Apple (iPad app available now, iPhone app 6/21) Stanza App, by Lexcycle (iPad and iPhone apps available) IBIS Reader, by Threepress (HTML5 based, no app required) Stanza, by Lexcycle (iPad and iPhone apps available) Cloudreaders by Cloudreaders GoodReader by Good-i-Ware iBooks, by Apple (for both iPad and iPhone on 6/21) Mobi Stanza, by Lexcycle (iPad and iPhone apps available) PDB iSilo by iSilo (iPad and iPhone apps available) Stanza, by Lexcycle (iPad and iPhone apps available) Other: Comics (CBR, CBZ) Stanza, by Lexcycle (iPad and iPhone apps available) Cloudreaders by Cloudreaders http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/comic...=8] Comic Zeal by bitolithic. Unsupported: Sony Reader by Sony. edit: There is a FAQ here as well , thanks, nikkie! Last edited by kjk; 06-15-2010 at 03:12 PM. |
06-15-2010, 12:27 PM | #3 |
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PDB books you can read with iSilo
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06-15-2010, 12:38 PM | #4 |
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06-15-2010, 02:10 PM | #5 |
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you ought to include the comic book files.. cbz and cbr (any others?) as well. might also be useful to mention that the stock os can read .doc .txt and .rtf, and so can any apps that support the built-in formats.
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06-15-2010, 02:24 PM | #6 |
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Should I update this thread or just direct people to the FAQ, as nikkie noted? I didn't even know Mobileread had all those pages.
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06-15-2010, 02:34 PM | #7 |
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what's wrong with both? lol. not like we don't get duplicate threads..
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06-15-2010, 02:39 PM | #8 |
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I think the more this info is put in front of new users, the better. As we all know, on forums (in general) about 80% of the questions are just the same 20 questions over and over....
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07-01-2010, 04:08 AM | #9 |
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I use Good reader to view my pdf files on my iPad. Sounds there are still some problems, it doesn't support automatically text wrap.
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07-01-2010, 03:00 PM | #10 |
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Is there any app that can handle chm format?
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07-01-2010, 03:12 PM | #11 |
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blueoyster, Bookshelf (http://www.iphonebookshelf.com/formats.html ) says they support it-but they convert it to HTML first.
I believe Calibre opens CHM and can convert it to ePub. |
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07-02-2010, 01:50 AM | #13 |
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Thanks for the tip; I downloaded Stanza for iPad but haven't really played much with it and hadn't realised this was possible. Neat.
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