WOW - that looks fantastic - thank you!

On 21 September 2012 20:28, Michael Minutillo
<michael.minuti...@gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>


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