what are you reading - Page 2

cdrawdy15 · 02-21-05, 12:41 AM

Saving Your Marriage , Made Remarkably Simple

02-21-05, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by basil

Just curious as to what ebooks everyone is reading and what they would recommend.

Slowly reading through a collection of HP Lovecraft short stories (The Music of Eric Zann available free from http://esspc-ebooks.com/default.htm).

Flatland next..

vaioboy · 02-21-05, 07:32 AM

I find most ebooks are a complete load of rubbish.

There still isn't a choice of any good contemporary fiction. Most is cheap airport novels or unpublished sci-fi writers.

I'd like to see Ian McEwen, Iain Banks, Vikram Seth, Salman Rushdie etc published as ebooks, but I guess never will due to there being no demand for them.
Also it'd be nice to be able to get any non-fiction title you want as an ebook.

I think perhaps the only half-decent resource of ebooks is that at ePenguin (Penguin) and that's only got a handful of titles.

**Frenchy** · 02-21-05, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by basil

Both. I'm interested in what ebooks people read, paid for or free.

Lately I read: The Lost World
Blue Moon

MrKlaatu · 02-21-05, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by vaioboy

I think perhaps the only half-decent resource of ebooks is that at ePenguin (Penguin) and that's only got a handful of titles.

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**Frenchy** · 02-21-05, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by MrKlaatu

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Hey maybe we should give the link to number 5 to MikyP and Aximbigfan

I could used this help also at time

lillibelle · 02-21-05, 08:17 PM

The last e-books I read were The Dreamstone and The Gate of Ivrel by CJ Cherryh. I really enjoy her writing. I also read political science articles downloaded from JSTOR, but I can't recommend most of these....

csmith75 · 02-21-05, 09:08 PM

I'm currently reading all of James Patterson's Alex Cross books on ebook. I'm a sucker for murder mysteries.

Don't Panic! · 02-21-05, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by trotterjerry

never could get ebook to register/ work

If your using MS Reader in Built In Storage JakeRich has a fix in this thread.

auntbeckymac · 02-21-05, 09:38 PM

Nothing beats having an actual book in your hands, but ebooks are fun and nice to have in a pinch. if nothing else, you can look like yer doing something serious when yer actually turning pages!

I am currently re-reading the Davinci Code, but i also have some escapist light fantasy and mystery books, and Academic Material's collection of 1000 classics just cuz it blows me away to have 1000 books on a 256mb sd card!!

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basil · 02-22-05, 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by lillibelle

The last e-books I read were The Dreamstone and The Gate of Ivrel by CJ Cherryh. I really enjoy her writing. I also read political science articles downloaded from JSTOR, but I can't recommend most of these....

How do you download journal articles into an e-book reader format? I'm using Mobipocket.

lillibelle · 02-22-05, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by basil

How do you download journal articles into an e-book reader format? I'm using Mobipocket.

I download them in text format and use the lit converter in Word to turn them into ebooks for MS Reader. I don't know how one would do it for Mobipocket. JSTOR lets you download in PDF, so you could use Adobe, but I have found the quality poor. It seems that the JSTOR articles are not tagged for PPC reading.

basil · 03-04-05, 05:00 PM

Just read Da Vinci Code on e-book. What a fabulous way to read. Anywhere!!! Book was ok. A bit contrived, but worth the read.

Anyone have some great suggestions?

Don't Panic! · 03-04-05, 05:08 PM

I'm reading Interplanetary Patrol II - The Federation of Humanity

ungluud · 03-04-05, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by basil

How do you download journal articles into an e-book reader format? I'm using Mobipocket.

Mobipocket has a free publisher that converts html to .prc (mobipocket format), check out their site.

I'm currently reading 'wizards first rule' by terry goodkind.