reader for reference?

mkennedy · 10-19-05, 10:22 AM

hi.
can anyone recommend to me a good commercial (or free) reader for reference titles.(mainly things like encyclopedias, recipes, medical stuff, etc).

i was considering tomeraider. would this be a good choice?

i already have i-silo and msreader but find a lot of titles are not compatible with them.
there are so many different formats it can be offputting at times.

but i'm basically interested in a reader that can handle as many formats as possible (primarily for reference works, factual stuff as opposed to novels).
can anyone suggest one?
thanks.

imported_Marc · 10-19-05, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by mkennedy

but i'm basically interested in a reader that can handle as many formats as possible (primarily for reference works, factual stuff as opposed to novels).

Hi mkennedy,

I'm a big fan of uBook (inexpensive shareware)

http://www.gowerpoint.com

It can handle (from their website): "HTML, TXT, RTF, PDB and PRC (not secure) ebook files . . . can read directly from inside ZIP files, and supports BMP, GIF, PNG and JPG images."

Hope this helps.

Marc

mkennedy · 10-19-05, 12:58 PM

thanks.
i'll probably give it a try.

uwaku · 10-19-05, 04:58 PM

I'll have to stick with TomeRaider, simply because it handles "Table of Contents" entries, like a Dictionary or Encyclopedia. uBook is great for most formats, but for reference, neither uBook nor any other "reader" program will work well, unless the book has a great table of contents.

mkennedy · 10-20-05, 04:23 AM

thanks.
i'll probably check both out.