Does anyone know any apps which will allow me to place bookmarks and whatnot for .txt and html files? I liked what I read about the functionality of mobipocket reader but hate that it's so restrictive.
I like Isilo. Otherwise, a very old school but useful app is StarBuck.
http://www.thumbsupsoft.com/maphtm/starbuck.html
V
Check out µBook.
Thanks to the both of you, much appreciated.
Hi,
Now that Gartner is listing e-book readers as one of the hottest trends on the market, with Sony and Amazon positioned to lead the way, does anyone have any strong reccomendations for WM6-based readers?
Given a good-sized VGA screen the TP2 "should" be a good device for this, one would think. Personally I was a big "fan" of MS Reader back when I had iPAQs and Universal, but development of Reader seems to have completely died out in 2004 (I have great difficulty reading any of all my "activation required" books since WM5.0). So is there anything much better that anyone can reccomend?
Thanks/McHan
McHan said:
Hi,
Now that Gartner is listing e-book readers as one of the hottest trends on the market, with Sony and Amazon positioned to lead the way, does anyone have any strong reccomendations for WM6-based readers?
Given a good-sized VGA screen the TP2 "should" be a good device for this, one would think. Personally I was a big "fan" of MS Reader back when I had iPAQs and Universal, but development of Reader seems to have completely died out in 2004 (I have great difficulty reading any of all my "activation required" books since WM5.0). So is there anything much better that anyone can reccomend?
Thanks/McHan
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MobiPocket Reader. The only way to fly .... free and reads the very popular .prc format.
http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp?Language=EN
Cheers
I always swore by Haalireader as it seemed quicker and smoother than Mobireader, until I got the TP2, that is. Mobi seems a lot nicer than Halli, which has not been updated for years.
Having said that, Mobi will not start from the last book accessed anymore when loaded through Manilla, although I tried Pointui at the weekend and mobi would open the last book when launched through Poinui. I suppose its just a quirk!
Many thanks for the suggestions, will give both these a try...
Cheers/McHan
Free reader software - Plucker, at: http://www.plkr.org/
Free out-of-US-Copyright books (including most of the Classics) - Project Gutenberg at: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Hope that helps
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I always swore by Haalireader as it seemed quicker and smoother than Mobireader, until I got the TP2, that is. Mobi seems a lot nicer than Halli, which has not been updated for years.
Having said that, Mobi will not start from the last book accessed anymore when loaded through Manilla, although I tried Pointui at the weekend and mobi would open the last book when launched through Poinui. I suppose its just a quirk!
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Nope it's because the short cut reference from the manila programs tab also contains a parameter that causes MobiPocket to get upset.
You can edit the registry and remove the extra parameter and MobiPocket will happily open the last book
Repligo viewer. Flowed text is the only way to go with WM
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Nope it's because the short cut reference from the manila programs tab also contains a parameter that causes MobiPocket to get upset.
You can edit the registry and remove the extra parameter and MobiPocket will happily open the last book
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TYVM for the pointer which helped me solve the problem. I had mobi launcing from one of the first line of icons on the launcher which used to have the read only icons. There was a legacy command pointing to the contacts page which was messing everything up
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TYVM for the pointer which helped me solve the problem. I had mobi launcing from one of the first line of icons on the launcher which used to have the read only icons. There was a legacy command pointing to the contacts page which was messing everything up
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Yep, threw me for a while too ... I thought it was a bug in the ROM i was using until one day I rearranged by shortcuts and Mobi on a lower line i.e. not one of the read-only ones. Lo and behold Mobi suddenly started remembering the last book/pos. It gave me a clue where to look.
Cheers.
Just had a look at Marketplace and can't see an ebook reader client.
Anyone know of one please? I would have thought that the HD2 big screen was perfect for reading.
The HD2 is excellent for reading ebooks, but you need to specify which format your ebooks are in.
My preference is for Mobipocket but this can't handle protected eReader files. For that you would need to download eReader . However I couldn't get this to install from the PC installer, though it's OK from This topic using the CAB file.
Thanks Neil, I'll give them both a try.
I like both but prefer Mobipocket!
Just a hint though- with both you need to go into the options to select screen tapping to tunr pages as the HD2 doesn't have a D-Pad
Oh- & both are free programs!
What is an ebook? I mean what is the file extension? Is there only one format for all the ebooks out there? Is it a LIT like the Microsoft Reader, or a different format?
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What is an ebook? I mean what is the file extension? Is there only one format for all the ebooks out there? Is it a LIT like the Microsoft Reader, or a different format?
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The file extensions are dependent on the format the ebook is encoded with, which determines which ebook reader needs to be used.
Ebooks are either encrypted or open format. To comply with the publishers requirements, all mainstream ebooks are encrypted, and different formats use different modes of protection. There is an increasing problem with being able to buy ebooks in different countries- for example many ebooks available from FictionWise can't be downloaded in UK due to licensing restrictions, but another company, BooksOnBoard have a bigger selection of globally available titles.
As you mention, Microsoft Reader used the .lit extension, but as this program doesn't work with WM6 it's a bit of a problem. There are other programs than can read .lit files, such as uBook (microbook) but they can't read any with DRM. There are ways however to strip the DRM on the PC version of MS Reader which still works.
The earliest mobile ebook reader was on the Palm Pocket, and the program I mentioned above, eReader works with these files which are still being used for mainstream books. They have the .pdb file extension
Mobipocket books have the .prc file extension but Mobipocket can also read html, text files and unencrypted eReader files.
There is unfortunately a move towards more proprietary formats with the release of devices like the Amazon and Sony ebook hardware. Also, many new ebooks are being released using the ePub format which is an Adobe protocol and is not available for any mobile devices.
Sorry for the long post! Its abit of a soapbox for me as I've been usign ebooks for a long time and relish the idea of having a large number of books always available on my devcie, especially on holiday. I don't like the way my choice has been limited more and more over the past year!
If you have your books in simple text formats (ie txt, rtf, doc, html), alreader should be perfect for you.
the format which is winning the ebook format wars is .epub and there is areader out there for that particular format...Freda
blackheart2925 said:
the format which is winning the ebook format wars is .epub and there is areader out there for that particular format...Freda
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Thanks for that- it's a very good start. It is only for non-encrypted ePub files though, and unfortunatley the vast majority of commercial titles are encrypted
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Thanks for that- it's a very good start. It is only for non-encrypted ePub files though, and unfortunatley the vast majority of commercial titles are encrypted
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There are tools on the internet that can be used for decrypting DRM-protected EPUBS (a Google search on INEPT will lead you in the right direction). Depending where you live, it may or may not be legal for you to download and use them though
Jim
I use Micrsoft Reader and Mobipocket. First because I have a big archive with books in .lit format, and the second one because I can convert lots of formats in books who works for it and I like this program allot. one problem if I can call it a problem is lack of updates for it. For example to make progress bar from bottom of page bigger or to make some animation with page flip (now I see iPad have implemented that). It may seem like some graphics nonsense but I think this are very important because of psychological effect (feeling good reading a book but filing good about it from start of the program) at the end of day you read a book to relax and feel good (technical or any educational books come usual in .pdf format so are not included in discussion). and I think because of power and size of screen HD2 deserve better graphics. Don't forget that iPhone had big success because of better graphics with a OS witch odder ways it was waaaaay inferior to WM, just because of that psychological effect created by very well designed graphics.
Grab a copy of freda (search here on xda). It's the best free epub reader out there. There'll be a new version released soon by Jim.
I do like Freda, but it's not finger friendly. Particularly the Library View. You need fingers like a small bushbaby to select a particular book.
Best I've tried up to now though.
I used Palm to read ebooks since lots of years ago, when I moved to WM I still using the same aplication: iSilo
iSilo consist in two aplications... one in WM wich you use to read and another on the pc wich you use to encode the files to iSilo format (pdb). You can encode lots of file formats including plain txt and html (with images) or grab complete websites.
I love iSilo cause a 5 megabytes pdf can be just a 200k pdb file and got autoscroll with is a feature I love to read books (ipad don't have that)
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I do like Freda, but it's not finger friendly. Particularly the Library View. You need fingers like a small bushbaby to select a particular book.
Best I've tried up to now though.
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I hope you've popped some feedback on the freda thread. Jim is always looking for improvements so comments from the user base will drive this!
Yep I will fix that display to make the lines a bit bigger. Actually, I've been thinking about implementing a setting to let the user control the font-size and line spacing used for controls (because some people don't mind poking the screen with a fingernail, whereas others really want to use finger-tips - but there is a trade-off in that the larger the controls, the fewer lines will fit the screen).
Anyhow, I had been thinking the setting should have values called 'small/medium/large', but it's clear that what I need is 'bushbaby/human/gorilla'
Thanks for using Freda.
Jim
what about flip page animation like in SPB Shell v.2 or iPad? Is that posible to implement?
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Yep I will fix that display to make the lines a bit bigger. Actually, I've been thinking about implementing a setting to let the user control the font-size and line spacing used for controls (because some people don't mind poking the screen with a fingernail, whereas others really want to use finger-tips - but there is a trade-off in that the larger the controls, the fewer lines will fit the screen).
Anyhow, I had been thinking the setting should have values called 'small/medium/large', but it's clear that what I need is 'bushbaby/human/gorilla'
Thanks for using Freda.
Jim
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Thanks Jim, sounds good. One point I will make is that the HD2 has a capacitive touch screen and, as you no doubt know, a fingernail won't register a touch at all. Almost any other body part is fine though .
I look forward to the next version of Freda.
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what about flip page animation like in SPB Shell v.2 or iPad? Is that posible to implement?
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Freda has a rather simplistic animation which appears when you scroll up/down, or slide pages left/right. It would be nice to more sophisticated animation approach (like Stanza for instance), which shows the page contents distorted and shaded as they turn. I may implement that at some stage, but it would be complicated because I'd have to use the DirectDraw Sprite APIs, rather than the regular .NetCF GDI APIs - and that (a) would involve a fair amount of re-writing (b) might create portability problems.
Thanks for your interest in Freda,
Jim
Thanks for answer. I think a program with this kind of features will became no one on market because the trent (made by Apple) is for people to looking to "looks" of progams and not their utility.
Just my opinion.
Hi,
I am making an eBook Android App for a Client.
The idea is simple, it's a Kindle like app development where the user will get an application and a ebook in a encrypted format and the ebook can only be opened by the reader
The basic implementations are done, I was requiring to have the option to Annote the text and tables (Highlight, underline, strike through).
Something like what we have in Repligo
Is there any way this can be implemented. If would be a great help
About only the reader (yours) opening the ebook... this can be done if you create a new format only readable by your reader or using a format which is sort of "unknown" and not able to be read by other ebook readers. Good luck in your project.
theonew said:
About only the reader (yours) opening the ebook... this can be done if you create a new format only readable by your reader or using a format which is sort of "unknown" and not able to be read by other ebook readers. Good luck in your project.
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Well, as I said the basic functionality is Up, i needed help regarding the highlighting, underlining text, et. al.
Hi,
newbie question: if I interpret the info on this forum correctly, there is no way to get rid of all the B&N software from the Nook completely and replace the whole thing with a minimal custom rom like on other phones/tablets?
I am asking because I intend to use the NST for reading scientific documents and for that purpose the original Nook software will be completely useless (such documents break when you try to reflow them), so it would be RepliGo Reader for me anyway. So if possible I would like to completely "clean" my NST.
Probably not possible, right?
Thanks!
rh
EBookDroid is quite good for reading scietific pdf.
I haven't actually looked at all the PDF readers, but isn't the difficulty with them the question of zooming and panning?
The only public app that I use that does panning is Opera Mobile.
It leaves a flurry of trails when you zoom and pan.
Do any of these PDF readers actually zoom and pan in a non-disruptive manner?
In the youtube video /watch?v=SekBv7n_H1A (sorry, I am not allowed to post links. This forum is ****ing annoying for new users.) at 4:35 you can see the RepliGo Reader in action on the device.
Of course it is flashy, but the double tap zoom seems to work okay.
Of course, I don't have a NST yet, so I can't test it myself...
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I haven't actually looked at all the PDF readers, but isn't the difficulty with them the question of zooming and panning?
The only public app that I use that does panning is Opera Mobile.
It leaves a flurry of trails when you zoom and pan.
Do any of these PDF readers actually zoom and pan in a non-disruptive manner?
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Unfortunately, that's just the way the Nook's screen works. There is an app here that will make the screen B/W, but it will allow the screen to pan/zoom fast. Also, here you can find working multi-touch support on the Nook.