ebook reader..which do you prefer?

[mich]

I don't really want to download the main 5-7 ebook readers...

I'd rather find out which one or two is/are the most popular.

Also, which ones are able to read more books?

And, finally, what are the top 3 websites for free ebooks?

I know of memoware. Would that be in the top 3? I saw the stickynote listing here in 1src source which listed so many. Didn't help all that much.

Thanks, in advance, for your help guys :)

Mich

[ucfgrad93]

Personally, I love eReader. It has a wide selection of books, reasonable DRM, and a good feature set. You can find it at www.ereader.com

[yorrick]

I try to stick to text (ascii) or un-encrypted pdb format. Otherwise, ereader is the next best format as they have a decent selection of titles to access.
Don't like Mobi-reader as the interface is slow and clunky and the selection of titles is poor.

As for websites - I would recommend www.fictionwise.com as they have a good selection of titles (plain, adobe and encrypted) and www.ereader.com
Fictionwise has discounts and some free titles of current short stories etc.
If you are looking for free ebooks, there is www.memoware.com or Project Gutenburg. But you won't see a lot of current titles around since they are still under copyright.

[mich]

Thank you guys for your help. You've helped me decide....Ereader is it, and I'll be heading on to their website too for books. THank you very much ;)

Michelle

[mikegehl]

Available in many formats, including eReader...

http://manybooks.net/

[choongyouqi]

I normally convert my own books and use eReader to read it.

[Mauritus]

isilo is very good

[m0nkeyb0y]

I must be a lamer - I just use Palm Reader because it is simple and it works :rolleyes:

For more specialised texts I also use BibleR+ from OliveTree.com (http://www.olivetree.com) which is free as are a number of Bible translations. (As an aside, I noticed that they are now offering a PalmOS version of the award winning iLumina software too).

I also recommend the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (http://www.ccel.org/) which has an extensive collection of some of the greatest Christian books from 350AD onwards. All books here are free, but some may require conversion to Palm format before use on your device.

[RuiDuarte]

eReader here. It has the DropBook application that converts any TXT file into a ebook format and that is great.

[mich]

Thanks people!

[cyberdude]

I'm not a clie user, but I am a devoted ereader user! I find ereader pro to be one of the most used apps on my TX. I have over 350 ebooks in either ereader format or doc format, both of which ereader reads fine.

[LanMan]

Okay, I will speak out for "the other reader", Mobipocket Reader. First, they are owned by Amazon, so Amazon will eventually sell all of their ebooks in Mobipocket format. Second, unlike eReader's, the Mobipocket Pro version is freeware. Third, Mobipocket has a cool desktop component/reader that supports news DL's. Forth, and probably THE most important, I just bought David Webers 11th Honor Harrington book "At All Costs" (hardback) with a CD in it that has all of the Honorverse ebooks as well as a number of others in Mobireader format. Baen is really good about freeware ebooks, and offers them in native Mobireader format (not eReader's). Plus, I don't like the way that eReader ties you credit card # to the activation key for each title. I haven't even DL'd free titles from eReader for this reason. They don't need a credit card unless I'm making a purchase, and I don't want my CC# tied to the key.

[_Em]

Funny... am I the only person on here to prefer PalmFiction to the other readers? It has the best scrolling features, the most customization, can read txt, palmdoc, rtf, html and ztxt (as well as convert any of these to ztxt or palmdoc), has all sorts of built in extra goodies like eta to end of book, quick scroll functions, quickset bookmarks, repagination, hyphenation, smart paragraph and character conversion, etc. The web site is in Russian which might throw some people off, but there is an english version of the actual program. The app can even browse inside zip files if you want to keep all your documents zipped up!

Of course, the downside is that unlike eReader and mobipocket, it doesn't read DRM'd texts or have a companion website to grab stuff from (unless you count project gutenberg).

[edit] I should add that before I discovered Palm Fiction, I used Plucker for all my e-reading :)

[cyberdude]

I tried PalmFiction and just didn't like it, besides I'm too invested in ereader.

[jerryprism]

ANd me, I lkie isilo for the my CLie and Microsoft's reader for the laptop. However, every now & then there's nothing lke a good old fashioned treekilled book!

[cyberdude]

ANd me, I lkie isilo for the my CLie and Microsoft's reader for the laptop. However, every now & then there's nothing lke a good old fashioned treekilled book!
I've had the experience of reading the same book at the same time in bound "format" and ebook ereader format. Of course the pages are not the same, but going back and forth was not that complicated. What was interesting was that the sensation of turning a page adds to the reading experience. The tactile experience, which includes the experience of watching the amount you have read increase and the amount left to read decrease, is something that cannot be reproduced with ebooks or audiobooks.

On the other hand, I can carry around over 350 ebooks on my palm and be able to read as many of them as I want at the same time and not lose my place, and not have to lug a suitcase full of books around with me.

Each reading method has definite advantages - audio, ebook, analog book.

[m0nkeyb0y]

Librie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Librie_EBR-1000EP) anyone? :D

(http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/LIBRIE/)

[I Like My UX50!]

I find that I use eReader pro the most. I like the built in dictionary feature (even it's missing about 25% of the words that I am looking for, & I don't want to buy a dictionary though). But most importantly, it supports jog dial. Mobipocket would have ranked right near eReader, but the lastest version doesn't support jog dial :(

I have alot of PDF files, so I use solid documents to change them to Doc format for eReader. So far, it's great.

[asiliat]

I use TiBR Pro as reader, and maketxt as converter. I set it as black background with white text - works perfect for me.

[N.A.Palm]

Resurrecting an old thread here but eReaderPro v3 is now free.

[chacalau]

A link would be great! :-)

[chacalau]

hehe... a little bit of googling and look what you can find...

http://www.ereader.com/ereader/software/product/15003_pro_palm.htm

[millydog]

Yes, I was about to respond that eReader Pro is now free.

[_Em]

PalmFiction has always been free and supports most common filetypes.