Can FBReader read ebooks from Palm store?

brett · 03-06-2006, 01:06 AM

I'm a newbie. I have a Nokia 770 and a Palm TX. I'd like to start downloading ebooks that I can read on either device - the 770 is an awesome ebook reader, but I have the TX with me all the time. Can anyone tell me the ebook stores I can go to and the formats I can download that will be immediately readable on both devices? Thanks.

rsperberg · 03-06-2006, 02:43 PM

FBReader will read content in these formats: FictionBook fb2, Plucker pdb, aportis doc, Weasel zTxt, html and text.

As far as I know, no online bookstores sell any e-books in these formats. Well, take that back -- some smaller publishers have long sold their titles in html. As does Baen, both with its websubscriptions and its free e-book library.

FBReader does not read any e-books in proprietary, DRMed formats, which is what the e-bookstores deal with. No e-reading programs that do handle such formats run on the Nokia 770 at present.

filip · 03-06-2006, 06:47 PM

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As far as I know, no online bookstores sell any e-books in these formats.

Just to make a corect statement : fictionwise publish some of its books/small stories as palm doc, mobilepocket, pdf (and others) in open format without the bad drm.

03-06-2006, 01:06 AM	#1
brett Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2006 Device: Nokia 770/Palm TX	Can FBReader read ebooks from Palm store? I'm a newbie. I have a Nokia 770 and a Palm TX. I'd like to start downloading ebooks that I can read on either device - the 770 is an awesome ebook reader, but I have the TX with me all the time. Can anyone tell me the ebook stores I can go to and the formats I can download that will be immediately readable on both devices? Thanks.

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03-06-2006, 02:43 PM	#2
rsperberg Zealot Posts: 114 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: NJ Device: Kindle Voyage	FBReader will read content in these formats: FictionBook fb2, Plucker pdb, aportis doc, Weasel zTxt, html and text. As far as I know, no online bookstores sell any e-books in these formats. Well, take that back -- some smaller publishers have long sold their titles in html. As does Baen, both with its websubscriptions and its free e-book library. FBReader does not read any e-books in proprietary, DRMed formats, which is what the e-bookstores deal with. No e-reading programs that do handle such formats run on the Nokia 770 at present.

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