Ebook Readers for WM

[Jim chapman]

Originally Posted by emerald

Does Freda support .lit documents? I read it just supports .epub, txt and html which then leaves out half the ebook population with .doc, .lit, .pdf.

That's right, Freda doesn't support LIT, DOC or PDF. My reasons for that decision:
- I believe that EPUB is the emerging standard; in the future, any book that's published will be published in EPUB (and there are solutions to the DRM question)
- Adding other book types would make the program code more complex (meaning a bigger, slower program with more bugs)
- LIT and DOC can be satisfactorily converted to EPUB using Calibre
- Calibre will also do a decent job of converting PDF, given the inherent limitations of the PDF format

Anyhow, it's open-source code, so anyone wanting support for LIT, DOC, PDF. MOBI, RTF, PDB ... (complete the list as you prefer) can always write a version of Freda that does it

Thanks for your interest in Freda,

Jim

[Hortan]

Originally Posted by Jim chapman

- LIT and DOC can be satisfactorily converted to EPUB using Calibre

I didn't know that Calibre can convert DOC files, at least there's no DOC support in "ebook-convert" manual. I usually use http://www.2epub.com for DOC files.

[gnatsstang]

i use ubook reader. sorry 2 say 2 date i have had problems with other readers. ubook does take a few seconds to paginate. but is well worth the time. i like the fact that i can modify all the settings, down to the style of book. having the ability 2 do .rtf .doc. .hrm and .txt not to mention .pdb. nice in a 15 $ package. i have been using it since i had mu ipaq. thanks for listening.

[Robodoc82]

Jim,
Thanks for all the work on Freda. I have been using MS Reader since I had purchased .lit books from baen.com (www.webscriptions.net) for over 6 years now. I have been able to configure Freda to look like MS Reader and also use gestures to change the page (which is most excellent on a TP2). I have found a couple of things that I am interested in addressing: First, Freda seems to have a large memory cost (~10-15%) so I have been closing the app, vs. running multitask (no real biggy, starts up WAY faster than MS Reader). Second, I downloaded Calibre to convert the .lit books I have (all I have are DRM free). I was unsucessful in getting any .lit books to convert to EPUB. Not too worried, all the books I purchased can be re-downloaded in EPUB format so its not a show stopper. Anyway, Jim, Excellent job. Keep it up!

[Psychobaby]

Sweet! Downloading right now! Thank you Jim!

[modembug]

has anyone seen a cab for reader tab in manila 2.5?