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What is the best toolset (harware + software) for reading ebooks on a computer?
I am thinking about these features:
good rendering of fonts colors (no black and white little screens) no keyboard needed highlighting, bookmarking, annotating allowed and...
Started by scitlec on
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by 11 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Stanza
I have a sony reader Free with iPhone I've found it to be ....
Clicking on the sides of the page is used for navigation, very nice .
If you're in the US.
For ebooks
Amazon Kindle Ybook looks pretty good for software for a computer.
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Wow...not a single response. If you have kids then there some great ebooks to keep them busy reading or have them start reading. Anyway hopefully the thread list wasn't overwhelming, may next time I will just post a few and in separate threads.
Started by jbloggs on
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by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at slickdeals):
If you have kids then there some great ebooks you posted so much....
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I'm doing a database for storing my eBook collection.
Most of them have the ISBN within the text of the book itself.
How can I access this contents?
Is there any sourcecode or DLLs for doing that?
Started by DK39 on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
When you get plain text from eBook parse.
For PDF files I used pdftotext utility.
First of all you need to extract text from chm or pdf file content from CHM files .
I did it for eBook library app.
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I read about 7 to 8 ebooks in a month. Sometimes more if the books don't have as many pages. What about you and what are you reading right now?
Started by blkmoon11 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bolt):
I think I read ebooks faster than I read paperbakcs....
Approximately 4-5 books.
That means a have have much time, so...
So only read about one ebook/month.
Also I listen to audiobooks.
read continuously.
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As more and more books appear in electronic form, I'm looking for a way to actually read them. Just staring at the PDFs on screen isn't enough. I want to:
Highlight important parts and put notes and bookmarks there. Have some kind of synchronization mechanism...
Started by Joonas Pulakka on
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I think that Evernote has capabilities close.
Ebooks just aren't there yet compared to paper.
After struggling with the ebook thing for a few years now, I've given up and just print out as necessary.
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I have already tried something called textonphone which was annoying to use and got confusing at times so I didn't really like it. After some research I found adobe doesn't make acrobat reader for iPhone at all. Is there any app that's easy to use and...
Started by iSean on
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by 11 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Or do you want to read a real eBook (less/no pictures that runs on your computer to transfer ebooks to the iphone, as well as commercial bookshelf servers involved (Adobe eBook....
And is the best PDF / iPhone solution I could find .
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I have a netbook running Linux and a large collection of computer books and reference material as HTML. I'd like some compact way of storing these books which can be browed without unpacking them first. This would save space and reduce wear on my small...
Started by bendin on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Have you ever tried to open a zip file with whatever file manager you have, and then click on a web page inside it?
There is the FUSE zip thing here : http.
I have no Gnome here to test).
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Right now I use my PSP for ebooks. I have read many reviews trying to decide between the Sony Digital Reader or the Amazon Kindle.:unsure: The PSP is getting a little hard on the eyes sometimes. (My age is creeping up on me)!
I had also considered an ...
Started by lostingames on
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by 23 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bolt):
I will have ....
I use Aldiko reader and fb reader.
I have Kindle 3 and I love it I read on my Xperia Smartphone.
To say that it is the most relaxed read i have ever had,no more bulky books to fiddle about with no more.
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Right now I use my PSP for ebooks. I have read many reviews trying to decide between the Sony Digital Reader or the Amazon Kindle.:unsure: The PSP is getting a little hard on the eyes sometimes. (My age is creeping up on me)!
I had also considered an ...
Started by lostingames on
, 25 posts
by 23 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bolt):
It's better than reading from PC early days but so far i am really enjoying it,i have to say that it is the most relaxed read i have library....
I have a Dell Axim x51v which I use to read ebooks.
Buy the book.
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I was wondering what most people use to read pdfs. I have looked at kindle and nook and found out that they are not that good for reading pdfs. What do people do as most ebooks are posted in pdf?
Feel free to drop some knowledge on me.
Started by PBXK99 on
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by 18 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bolt):
I use a BeBook ebook reader which can handleI wouldn't ....
You have to keep zooming in and moving the page around.
have free flowing text on most ebook readers, magazines and technical books in PDF format tend to have.
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