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TOP 10
ebook sites
(updated April 4, 04)
1. FictionWise,
multi formats one stop
shopping site, include non fiction and exclusive short fictions.
2. BlackMask,
the best free ebook site in several
formats.
3. PeanutPress, award winning ebook store
for PDA, friendly DRM solutions.
4. Execubook,
eSummaries that deliver wisdom. Perfect for PDA users.
5. eBookAd, many indies label are here
6.
Univ. of Virginia
Library, Free ebooks
7. FreeeLiterature dot com,
classics for free
8. Memoware, free documents from
volunteers.
9.
ESSPC, great place to
start your collection (Free)
10.The Online Book Page,
from U.Penn. new
5
Recommended eBooks from my ebook shelf
(April 04)
(email me for 10%
off coupon)
1.
Don't Know Much About History
2.
Dirty Little Secrets
3.
Killing The Buddha
4.
The Get With the Program! Guide to Fast Food and Family Restaurants
5.
Flirt Coach
Pocket
PC eBooks
Bestseller List
(Jan-Mar 04)
1.
Star Trek Series
2.
Angels and Demons
3.
Holly Bible NIV ed.
4.
The
Da Vinci Code
5.
Deception Points
6.
Letters to Penthouse XIX
7.
Letters to Penthouse XVIII
8.
Resolutions
9.
7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom
10.
Against All Enemies
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Cross Platform
Well now I really need a cross platform ebook formats. I just realize it more day after day.
I use my Mac more each day, I use my Nokia 9500 (symbian) more than my Pocket PC now. Days of my PC and Pocket PC start diminish in my computing hours.
Most of my protected ebooks are 50% in Peanutpress format (yes, I prefer called ereader/palm reader as peanutpress), 40% in MS Reader, 5% in Adobe Reader, 4% (and growing fast) in Zinio.com (for emagazines), and 1% in Mobipocket.
The problem I have with Peanutpress is, the reader is not available for Symbian yet. So I can't read most of the ebooks that I purchased in this format with my Nokia 9500.
Mobipocket is available for Nokia 9500, but the ebooks can't be read with my iMac.
MS Readers are great for Pocket PC and PC, but that stuck only with these MS machines.
Adobe Reader is THE WORST ebook format, big, clumsy, and BAD for PDA reading. I tried it that with Pocket PC, with my Nokia 9500, and don't like it AT ALL.
Zinio, THE BEST EBOOK (emagazine) READER, only available for PC and MAC. While most of my reading habits are with my PDA: iPAQ 2210 or Nokia 9500.
So which one is really cross-platform for my NEXT purchase for secured eBook?
My answer is MS Reader. Because the DRM is easily broken with convertlit.com. Then I explode the secured lit file to .htm. Then I use Mobipocket Free Publisher to publish it to Mobipocket format, so I can read it on my Nokia 9500 and my Pocket PC, a DRM Free. Or I can convert them to PDF for archiving to be read with my MAC.
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