The best results I had so far for reading PDF on PPC in to convert them to HTML with Mobipocket Creator (free), then reading them with µBook (15USD).
Images and text formatting is conserved, text is of course reflowable.
If the resulting image in the HTML file are too big then i use PhotoScape (a free Image editor incluing batch editing) to resize them to 240x320 max.
I use Repligo a little bit.
I obtained very good result on my HX4700 although not a good as the mobipocket +µbook method, but now on my P3000 with a 2.8" QVGA screen it's not that great.
I use it only for PDF files that I cannot convert, such a technical datasheet with a lof of mathematic formula that are not correctly recognised by Mobipocket Creator but are converted flawlessly with Repligo.
In that case Repligo is far better than any native-PDF software I tried on the PPC platform (and I tried quite a few) : it's a lot faster, reflowing is far better, and it's less buggy.
I prefer ereader. It has a few more options to enhance the reader, and I think ereader has a better selection of books. Mobipocket is still a good reader though.
On the one hand, I love the fact that it looks like Tor is seriously considering opening up their catalog to digital distribution. On the other hand, I have a nagging suspicion that it won't be anywhere as good as what Baen has (either their free catalog or their pay catalog), considering that they allow online reading and downloads in HTML, Ebookwise/Rocket, Mobipocket, RTF, and Microsoft Reader instead of just forcing everybody to use Adobe Acrobat. If only everybody would play nice and have it all through one system! :wink:
Has anyone gotten an email from them? I clicked on the link, went through the hoops and signed up, but haven't gotten an email yet. And it's been two or three days now.
Has anyone gotten an email from them? I clicked on the link, went through the hoops and signed up, but haven't gotten an email yet. And it's been two or three days now.
On the one hand, I love the fact that it looks like Tor is seriously considering opening up their catalog to digital distribution. On the other hand, I have a nagging suspicion that it won't be anywhere as good as what Baen has (either their free catalog or their pay catalog), considering that they allow online reading and downloads in HTML, Ebookwise/Rocket, Mobipocket, RTF, and Microsoft Reader instead of just forcing everybody to use Adobe Acrobat. If only everybody would play nice and have it all through one system! :wink:
Yeah, Baen is about the only one I buy from these days.
I like the eReader application, but they way they handle it just grates on me. Here's the free reader. But wait, you can pay to get Pro with more features. What features? Well, the ability to buy a font pack from us for another $20 or the ability to buy a dictionary for even more money. It just always feels like they've got one more way to part you from your money. (I know they just made Pro free, but that's not the point... the rest still works the same.)
And don't get me going on the price of the books. Sure, a 10 year old book might cost six or seven dollars, but a new book is outrageous. An example. A new book by John Varley (Rolling Thunder) is $19.96 as an ebook from eReader.com. The same book in hardback is $16.47 from Amazon. (I didn't have to search for this example. I just clicked on their site and there it was on the front page.)
In contrast, Baen books are fairly priced, of high quality, are available in a variety of formats and have no DRM. I'll spend my money with people like that, thanks.
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