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Hey I am looking for a good ebook reader. Basically I have tons of ebooks in txt format (from projekt gutenberg) and some pdf ones. Right now I am using a purchased version of Repligo to convert it and view it on my pda, the viewer is really really nice... now I want to switch to an macbook and wanted to ask the comunity if there's a better way like an comfortable txt viewer? I'm aware of XPDF for PDF files which is nice but kind of not that comfortable to read books
THX in advance
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uBook was a very good I used to use, but I just convert the txt or html files into Microsoft LIT format now and use their reader.
Not sure if uBook is still free though.

i'm using isilo & isiloX for converting to pdb/prc i like it. i was risen on mpx2oo,& it was 1st ebook reader i found. other readers i know:haali,ubook as alanjc,mobipocket.

i have a freeware frontend gui which use ms lit encoder to make just about any format into lit books which can be used in ms ebook reader on pocketpc's
can post then name when i get hold of it

Haali Reader is great
Thx for the hints. The Haali Reader link
is really great

ebook reader

Hi all.
Ive been looking around, but I cant seem to find any good ebookreader to my vox.
The integrated adobe reader - lite, sucs for reading pdf files, as it cant rearrange the text, and word isnt any real alternative.
Do you know any god ones, and what formats does it take, freeware etc?
Greetings.

Haven't really tried any of these, but these 2 came with the ROM I use:
Microsoft LIT Reader
CHM ebook Reader 2.5

For PDF files no Windows Smartphone reader is perfect, but this included in Documents To Go is the best among them. It is the only one that word wraps the PDF text, so you can read the book without scrolling around.
Unfortunately, there is no PDF reader that can reflow your document like Adobe Acrobat Reader for Pocket PC, but the Word Wrap mode of Documents To Go PDF Reader is pretty close.

For non-technical literature i advised AlReader 2 (freeware)
This programm works with TXT, HTML, RTF, DOC, FB2, PDB/PRC (PalmDOC, zTXT mode 1), TCR
PDF is unsupported

And what about MobiPocketReader ?

AlReader 2.
I simply cant find it in an english version. You have one?
Is moby pocket reader good?
Thanks for your replys.

sblop said:
AlReader 2.
Is moby pocket reader good?
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You have to try yourself.
It's free, with PC/PPC/SP client with few format convertion.

Yes, Alreader2 is the best reader ever, with the russian menus even. ;-)
With a reader like this for the iPhone, maybe I let my Vox at home.

A new solution for ebooks on smartphone....giv it a try!
hi there....i suffered from this kind of problem....i had over 3000 ebooks in .lit format....my idea is this. use isilo v4.36 for smartphone....if u are really interested i'll put it up here.....
there is a freeware called amberlit .lit converter available. my advice is, do a batch conversion of .lit files, then use isilo on ur mobile. mine too is a htc s710....my novels are great/ pm me....i hav the full working version.
try and njoy!

Best ereader for X10?

I'm looking to find a good ereader program for the x10. I used to use the x1 with allreader, which I loved. All my books are various formats, and I don't know of any on the marketplace that cover a wide variety of formats... any suggestions?

what format do you want to open?? :-? x1 have windows mobile.

I'm using RTF, ODT, DOC, TXT, LIT, and epub

ereader app
Give Aldiko a try.

Isn't that only for epub files?

e reader
Hi
I use ireader which is nice and mature now - lots of options and formats supported - i find best results however by converting the files to ".txt"
Good luck

yey365 said:
Give Aldiko a try.
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I second this. By far the best ebook reader available for Android.
Not sure if it only works with epub, but I use Calibre e-Book Management on my PC to manage my ebooks anyway, and can convert pretty much any format to epub within it.

ebook readers

Moon reader is my favorite, has lots of settings, and the paid version will read to you using text to speech. If you do it right you don't need a tablet or an ebook reader. The 4g screen works just fine.
But there's a trick you need for commercial e-books. I found that the commercial e-readers like BN-Nook (free) were designed for tablets and will put useless margins around the text that you can't get rid of. This is fine for tablets but not a 4g as you end up with about a paragraph per screen. Moon Reader will get rid of the margins but won't read copy-protected ebooks like the ones you can buy on line.
There is a free program called Calibre, however available for PC, Mac, and Linux. This program will strip the copy protection so you can read the ebooks on something like Moon Reader without those margins eating up screen space. It works great.
There are a lot of free e-books around if you don't mind older stuff.

I'm gonna throw out a link for my favorite eBook reader (since I also use Calibre. AWESOME tool)
Aldiko:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aldiko.android
Aldiko is a free, awesome eBook reader. I convert most of my eBooks to epub format which works all over the place and Aldiko can read perfectly. I just wish they had support for offline dictionaries but that's asking for a lot. iBooks on my iPad spoiled me in that regard since Apple includes the Oxford dictionaries on OS X and on their iOS devices.

[Q] using a notepro with calibre

anyone able to use their tablet with calibre? i've got quite a large ebook library (36gb worth), and am having all sorts of problems getting it onto the notepro in a usable manner. when i plug in the tablet via usb, i switch it to mtp mode... calibre is supposed to support mtp, but it doesn't show up as a device.
i bought the calibre companion app which looked like it would do what i needed... except that it connects via wifi only and takes about 4 minutes per book to transfer to my tablet (and i've got thousands...).
or perhaps any other ideas on how to access a large ebook library? i'm kind of stuck with calibre after years of use and gigs of books all with custom metadata, covers, etc.
thanks,
-lq

You do realize you can just copy the entire Calibre library folder over Windows Explorer onto a microSD (or internally) and set that as the main documents folder in Moon+, Aldiko or Mantano?
That's what I did for my 40.000 ebooks, anyway.

ShadowLea said:
You do realize you can just copy the entire Calibre library folder over Windows Explorer onto a microSD (or internally) and set that as the main documents folder in Moon+, Aldiko or Mantano?
That's what I did for my 40.000 ebooks, anyway.
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tried that with moon+, but it doesn't read the calibre metadata, rather pulls it from the ebook file itself. less of a problem with epubs and mobis, enormous headache with pdfs. i'm rather banal when it comes to cover images and correct metadata (not to mention any custom stuff that helps me sort through everything). that and the frequent app crashes made it a less-then-ideal situation.
i was, however, able to get calibre on my pc to recognize my notepro (that usually happens about three minutes after i post a plea for help online ) and the transfer time became acceptable. 500 books in an hour... i can spread that over a few nights to get the initial motherload on the tablet, and then updates should be no problem.
so far i am liking the calibre companion app for android. the searching and sorting is more what i'm used to from using calibre on the pc, and i haven't yet got any crashes a la moon+. the only thing that's sort of pissing me off at the moment is that cc is not a reader, just a library organizer, so i ended up opening the books in either moon+ or whatever, it has to 'add them to bookshelf' and tries to organize them as well. haven't researched it enough, but hopefully i can turn that functionality off in the reader.
thanks for the suggestion,
-lq