Many (most) of you know about Mobipocket ebook reader. For those of you who don't, read on.
(I was surprised to see that there wasn't a thread about Mobipocket ebook reader "stickied" in the ebook forum.....so I thought I would add one :) )
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Immersive Reading Experience : Better than paper
Mobipocket Reader lets you customize your reading experience. Customize : margins, line spacing, full text justification with hyphenation. Change the font size and the background color. Use the fullscreen mode and sub pixel font rendering for a fully immersive reading experience. Turn pages with a keypress or a stylus touch, or even use the autoscroll feature if you are too lazy to turn pages! Change the screen orientation to transform your Tablet PC or your PDA into the perfect mobile reading device.
My Library : The power of Reading Lists
All your digital books stored on your local device are listed here. Organize all your books into Reading List on your device. With one tap, filter by type, location, and of course by reading list. On the top bar, the total number of eBooks in the current view is display and also the total size. Our new smart cache mechanism displays your library at a blazing speed, even with hundreds of titles.
Annotations & Highlights : It's Your Book
Mobipocket Reader gives you plenty of tools to annotate, bookmark, highlight, any part of any eBook. You can even draw on the page or create your own custom hyperlinks.
Removable Cards : MMC, SD, CF, Memory Stick, we like them all
At Mobi, we know a memory card is your mobile device's best companion. You will appreciate the simplicity and powerfull support in the new Mobi Reader. With one tap, you can display all content stored in main memory, your external removable card and on the internal storage card too. You can see instantly the number of eBooks and their size on the top bar. Right click on any eBook and you have the option to move it to any other location. Use the Memory Info view to display at a glance all available locations, total storage size and free space. A small icon indicator tells you if an eBook is on a card or not.
Customize Device Buttons & Toolbar : Take control of your Reader A mobile device has a small screen and Mobi Reader has so many functions... To statisfy every single user, you can fully customize the toolbar icons to match your own unique needs. And with the latest release, you can now also affect each function to your device hard buttons : convenient to bookmark a page when reading fullscreen or switching to the annotations view with one finger press.
Search and Lookup : It's built-in
Lookup any word with the latest multidictionary
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Go to Mobipocket and get the version(s) you need (free)
WindowsMobile eBook Reader - Download the free Mobipocket eBook Reader software to read on your PDA and Smartphone.
Mobipocket ebook Reader (for PC)
PalmOs eBook Reader - Download the free Mobipocket eBook Reader software to read on your PDA and Smartphone.
SymbianOs eBook Reader - Download the free Mobipocket eBook Reader software to read on your PDA and Smartphone.
Blackberry eBook Reader - Download the free Mobipocket eBook Reader software to read on your PDA and Smartphone.
I have been using it for awhile (after getting frustrated with and giving up on Microsoft Reader) and I am pleased. I read, on average 2-3 books a week
Susan