Ebooks

Claude's Guide to E-books

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 15:03:58 GMT

Posted by: claudeb

As the wiki where this is hosted will go dark soon, I've been looking for a new place to host it. A quick search led me here. Thank you for having me, and apologies for the shameless plug.

I've been reading books on the computer for many years, but it wasn't until I started writing fiction again that I became seriously interested in the field of e-books. As it turns out, information about them is spread across various websites, and it takes a while to form a good image.

This is a guide to e-books from a personal perspective, that aims to collect a bunch of basics in one place. I tried to keep the language simple while not shying away from technical terms. Feedback is welcome, can't promise to update much though. ( Read more... )

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Nook Color translation questions

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:54:12 GMT

Posted by: holyschist

It is my understanding that the Kindle has a built-in app/feature where you can click on a word in a language (e.g. French) and a translation in, say, English will pop up. This sounds awesome. However, I have a Nook Color, and my googlefu is failing me as to whether there is a similar feature/available app that doesn't require rooting and installing the Kindle app.

Does anyone know of something like this?

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Stanza updated!

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:26:50 GMT

Posted by: sprat

Just in case you hadn't seen it: there's now an update available for Stanza that fixes iOS5 compatibility issues! I had never found a satsfactory replacement, so it was amazing to have the app back and working properly again.

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Heads up: iOS5 borks Stanza

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 04:10:33 GMT

Posted by: zvi

Gah! The new iOS5 killed the main thing I use my iPhone for. Time to find a new ereader…

Author of post has preliminarily identified megareader as a replacement ebook reader app.

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Looking for an Ap rec

Thu, 05 May 2011 14:51:01 GMT

Posted by: waldo

So... for a long time I was reading fanfic from AO3 on my iPod Touch. I have to say, I *adored* the way AO3 interacted with iBooks. The chaptering, the formatting... very, very readable. The downside was that if I wasn't near a WiFi hot spot, I couldn't get more when I ran out of stuff to read.

Since I couldn't wait for Apple to make the iPhone available to a company that would give me a data plan that didn't resemble the GNP of a small country, I ended up getting an Android touch screen phone. I love the idea of having my phone/music player/ebook reader/internet all in one small toy! But I can't find an ebook reader I really like for the 'droid and I'm considering dragging the iPod around as an eReader if I have to. I've tried several different free ebook readers on the Android, and while not *awful*, they still don't have that really smooth feel that iBooks has.

Can you guys recommend to me the best (and obviously, my definition of best is 'most closely resembles iBooks) ebook reader available in the Android market for free (or really, really, like less than $5 cheap)?

Thanks!

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