Believe me, that's not the problem. I tried that too, and checked that the version I was using was 2.2.2 (PPC 2003 comes with 2003). The problem remains the same.
There is just one thing that might be the clue. After installing MS Reader 2.2.2 one msgbox pops up warning about a new installation of fonts and that the device should be reseted according to vendor.
How come do u reset the Axim to get those new fonts available? I tried soft (and even) hard reset. But the ebook displays the same.
I thing it is a matter of the format of those ebooks. Please, try one title from the computer category at
http://esspc-ebooks.com/ and tell what u see.
Could it be a matter of international fonts or something like that?
I use Spanish version of both PPC2003 and MS Reader 2.2.2.