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From: Bob Adkins on 21 Jul 2010 08:59 On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:18:53 +0200, Le Loup <personne(a)nullepa.rt> wrote: My wife is in the market for an e-book, so I'll no doubt be using this real soon. (O/T) Anyone care to give me their recommendations on choosing an e-book? Should we wait for the various Windows 7-based tablets coming out? >calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application >developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It has a cornucopia >of features divided into the following main categories: > * Library Management > * E-book conversion > * Syncing to e-book reader devices > * Downloading news from the web and converting it into e-book form > * Comprehensive e-book viewer > * Content server for online access to your book collection >3 versions : Win / OSX / Linux > > >Release: 0.7.9 [17 Jul, 2010] >New Features > >* New unified toolbar >"A new unified toolbar combines the old toolbar and device display, to save >space. Now when a device is connected, buttons are created in the unified >toolbar for the device and its storage cards. Click the arrow next to the >button to eject the device." >* Device drivers: Add option to allow calibre to automatically manage >metadata on the device in Preferences->Add/Save->Sending to device >* BibTeX output for catalogs. The list of books in calibre can now also be >output as a .bib file >* A new toolbar button to choose/create different calibre libraries. Be >careful using it if you also use custom columns. >* Support for the MiBuk > >Bug Fixes > >* MOBI metadata: Replace HTML entities in the title read from the MOBI file >* Conversion pipeline: Handle elements with percentage sizes that are >children of zero size parents correctly. >* Fix regression that made LRF conversion less robust >* FB2 Input: Handle embedded images correctly, so that EPUB generated from >FB2 works with Adobe Digital Editions. >* Fix regression that prevented old news from being deleted in the calibre >library if calibre is never kept running for more than an hour >* RTF Input: Fix handling of text align and superscript/subscripts >* Fix long series or publisher names causing convert dialog to become too >wide >* SONY driver: Fix handling of invalid XML databases with null bytes >* iTunes driver: Better series_index sorting >* Improved editing of dates for custom columns >* Linux USB scanner: Don't fail to start calibre if SYFS is not present. >Instead simply fail to detect devices >* Android driver: Show books on device if Aldiko is being used >* Upgrade to Qt 4.6.3 in all binary builds to ensure proper rendering of >the new toolbar icons >* Fix handling of entities in epub files by the epub-fix command
From: Duddits on 21 Jul 2010 11:08 On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:59:28 -0500, Bob Adkins <me(a)pit.com> wrote: >On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:18:53 +0200, Le Loup <personne(a)nullepa.rt> >wrote: > > >My wife is in the market for an e-book, so I'll no doubt be using this >real soon. > >(O/T) Anyone care to give me their recommendations on choosing an >e-book? > Go to MobileRead http://www.mobileread.com and join (free). Forums-->Which One Should I Buy. The short answer? If you're handy with computers or not in the USA - Sony. If you're not handy with computers and/or don't want to be bothered with file transfers and you reside in the USA - Kindle. Either way you should get/use Calibre. http://calibre-ebook.com/ >Should we wait for the various Windows 7-based tablets coming out? > Nope. E-Paper is superior for reading. Less eye strain and good battery life. Mobile read is an excellent resource for all things eBook. Free book downloads and notification of freebies available on the web. The Wiki is a good starting point. http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Main_Page IOW whatever eBook you choose, Mobileread is the place. regards Dud -- Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence. Leonard McCoy
From: Bob Adkins on 21 Jul 2010 19:42 On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:08:04 -0400, Duddits <Duddits(a)Dreamcatcher.com> wrote: >On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:59:28 -0500, Bob Adkins <me(a)pit.com> wrote: > >>On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:18:53 +0200, Le Loup <personne(a)nullepa.rt> >>wrote: >> >> >>My wife is in the market for an e-book, so I'll no doubt be using this >>real soon. >> >>(O/T) Anyone care to give me their recommendations on choosing an >>e-book? >> >Go to MobileRead http://www.mobileread.com and join (free). >Forums-->Which One Should I Buy. The short answer? If you're handy >with computers or not in the USA - Sony. If you're not handy with >computers and/or don't want to be bothered with file transfers and you >reside in the USA - Kindle. Either way you should get/use Calibre. >http://calibre-ebook.com/ > >>Should we wait for the various Windows 7-based tablets coming out? >> >Nope. E-Paper is superior for reading. Less eye strain and good >battery life. > >Mobile read is an excellent resource for all things eBook. Free book >downloads and notification of freebies available on the web. The Wiki >is a good starting point. >http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Main_Page > >IOW whatever eBook you choose, Mobileread is the place. Thanks Duddits! Exactly what I needed to know!
From: Le Loup on 22 Jul 2010 04:06 Le Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:59:28 -0500, Bob Adkins a �crit : > My wife is in the market for an e-book, so I'll no doubt be using this > real soon. > (O/T) Anyone care to give me their recommendations on choosing an > e-book? > Should we wait for the various Windows 7-based tablets coming out? It depends on what you want to do with it... If you just want a BOOK, I would recommend Cybook Opus (I have one and it's a very good product, it's a pleasure to read on it). http://www.bookeen.com If you want "something" that is able to read ebook files, but also able to surf the web, play mp3 and videos, send mail and cook meals, then.......... -- Le Loup Th��tre - www.lelouptheatre.fr et trois sont les vaisseaux... - www.3vaisseaux.fr Picardie Th��tre - www.picardietheatre.fr
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