Ebook Readers

[Avi Schwartz]

John Graddy wrote:
> I am considering getting an ebook reader.  I have noticed that nearly
> all of them advertise themselves as being "compatible with PC and Mac".
> The software that I have found for downloading public domain books is
> also "PC version" and "Mac Version".  
>
> Does anyone download books to an Ubuntu system and then load them onto
> an ebook reader?  Is any particular ebook reader reccommended?  I would
> hate to fork over more than $200 for one and then find out that I
> couldn't use it.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>   
I am using an eBook management program called Calibre
(http://calibre-ebook.com) with my Kindle. The program sync to quite a
few eBook readers so it probably is a good starting point to decide
which device to consider.  From the Calibre web site:

"At the moment calibre has full support for the SONY PRS
300/500/505/600/700, Cybook Gen 3/Opus, Amazon Kindle 1/2/DX, Netronix
EB600, Ectaco Jetbook, BeBook/BeBook Mini, Irex Illiad/DR1000, Foxit
eSlick, PocketBook 360, Android phones and the iPhone. In addition,
using the *Save to disk* function you can use it with any ebook reader
that exports itself as a USB disk."

Avi