Open standard epub format works great on Ubuntu:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB
I use FBReader as a client - works fine both on my Ubuntu laptop and my
N900, reads epubs, txt and html books. It's a bit basic but perfectly
useable.
In addition to Gutenberg, which is publishing some of its catalogue in
epub format, find some public domain epub format books here:
http://www.epubbooks.com/ - I gather Google is in the process of
publishing everything it has that's public domain in epub version but
not available yet: http://tinyurl.com/create.php
Otherwise, publishers with existing copyright insist on using DRM -
nothing (legally) to be done about that as far as I can tell.
Paula
On 08/11/10 11:40, Ciarán Mooney wrote:
Hi,
This isn't a complete answer to your question but have you tried
Project Gutenberg?
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
They are a public domain, ie free, repository of e-books.
Ciarán
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