Well if they are not DRM'd then I highly recommend grabbing a copy of http://calibre-ebook.com/ It'll even run a web server that serves up your ebooks in your house (or out if you're feeling adventurous) :) <http://codermike.com>
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Stephen Price <step...@perthprojects.com>wrote: > Be nice if there wasn't so many formats. Then you could read all of your > books in one app instead of having a dozen readers installed. > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Michael Minutillo < > michael.minuti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I use Aldiko on an Android tablet. The killer feature for me was the fact >> that I could adjust the brightness by sliding my thumb up and down the >> left-hand side of the screen. Not sure if any other apps have this now but >> at the time it was something I sorely needed. AFAIK Aldiko has no "store" >> it's just a player but I was reading http://www.gutenberg.org eBooks so >> that didn't matter. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Stephen Price <step...@perthprojects.com >> > wrote: >> >>> Page turns on the Kindle app slide the page in the turned direction. Not >>> a bad experience. >>> Page turns on the Google Play (when reading ebooks) gives a nice page >>> furl slide animation. Really nice, slick and not overdone. This reader is >>> my favourite but the books you get on Google seem to differ to Amazon. More >>> novels, less technical books I think. I could be wrong. Google also seems >>> cheaper a little. >>> Page turns on Safari Online app. Atrocious. When reading online it >>> downloads the page (what no preloading?) and takes a second or two. >>> Annoying. If you download the book and read it in offline mode, I found >>> that turning pages will turn two pages at a time and it does it too fast. >>> You dont know if you changed one page or more. Not happy with this app, >>> which is a shame because of the number of books I can read on Safari >>> Online. Wish they would fix this. (have reported to them as a bug). >>> >>> PDF reading is also nice in the built in Adobe (I think I might have >>> installed their app). has continuous mode (vertical scrolling. no thanks) >>> or single page, similar animated slide like Kindle. Still prefer Google >>> Play reader. I'm sure there are others. soooo many others. Thats a plus, >>> you have choice. (mind numbingly confusing to despair choice.) >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:25 PM, mike smith <meski...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@iinet.net.au>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Does anyone use a Nexus 7 tablet as an eBook device? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Yes, I use it for 'American' published account (its difficult to >>>> change between Aussie and US accounts) >>>> >>>> Its a comfortable size to hold. >>>> >>>> >>>>> I can’t imagine it could compare with Kindle or other e-Ink devices >>>>> in extremes of ambient light >>>>> >>>> >>>> Why? It probably isn't good for full sun, but that's a bad reading >>>> environment anyway. It beats e-Ink stone cold dead when reading in the >>>> dark. :) >>>> >>>> Also, I like the faster page-turn you get with Nexus 7 and non e-Ink >>>> devices. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> – but I would be interested in comments.**** >>>>> >>>>> ** ** >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> **Ian Thomas** >>>>> Victoria Park, ****Western Australia******** >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Meski >>>> >>>> http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv >>>> >>>> "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, >>>> you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
