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E-book Readers

This list is by no means completely comprehensive of all the possible readers out there. Rather, it simply covers the majority of what gets used to read the files posted to ABEB.

If you know of any others, and think they should be added to the FAQ, let me know. You can send your comments/contributions here.

Utility	O/S	Input	Output	Uses	Comments
Notepad/Wordpad	MS-Windows	TXT	n/a	Reader, Editor	The Windows default. The Win 9x version of Notepad is limited in the file size it can read. Win2k has no limit.
yBook Hosted by the FAQ (may not be the latest version) Latest version! Version 1.2.18	MS-Windows	TXT	n/a	Reader	Author's Homesite: Spacejock Software Very nice! yBook is designed to emulate a paperback novel on your computer screen. * 'Turn' pages by clicking on them with either mouse button. * Load any text file * Remembers your preferred font size * Optionally justify the text to the margins * Removes all hard-coded carriage returns and intelligently indents paragraphs. * Jump to a specific page * Search for text * FREE FREE FREE Doesn't cost a cent. (The author's a helluva guy too :) *Additional notes from the author:* This version (1.1.8.1) includes a proper help file. Fixes an issue with paragraph spacing, Enables the use of files with a '.text' extension, (If you associate these files with yBook) You can then open them by double-clicking the file. Allows you to specify the speed of the page turning, Reindexes a bit quicker.
Pookie's TextReader Hosted by the FAQ	MS-Windows	TXT	n/a	Reader	Programmed and offered by one of our own, Pookie's TextReader has a clean, simple interface. very easy on the eyes. In the author's own words: "Have your $2000 laptop imitate a $4.95 paperback!" The binary is currently freely available and can be freely downloaded and freely used. Did I mention it's free?"
Ultraedit	MS-Windows	TXT	n/a	Reader, Editor	High powered text/hex/html/programming editor. Multilingual. Shareware.
MSIE Netscape Opera Gecko!	All	HTML	n/a	Reader	Pick your flavor. Some might suggest tips like using the full-screen mode of your browser and having the toolbar set to auto-hide so that you have an entire screen of text.
Microsoft Reader	MS-Windows	LIT	n/a	Reader	LIT is a proprietary format and consequently it's only those who like the MS-Reader that uses the lit format.
Adobe Reader	MS-Windows, Mac, Linux	PDF	n/a	Reader	From the creators of the PDF format.
GhostView/GhostScript	MS-Windows, Mac, Linux	PDF, TXT, WORD	PDF	Converter	Freeware. Covered under the GNU Public license.
Adobe Accessibility Tools	MS-Windows, Mac, Linux	PDF	TXT	Converter	Meant for those with visual disabilities. Allows conversion to text so that text readers and the like may be used.
QuickWord	Palm	TXT Word	n/a	Reader, Editor	Directly links Word and Text files on your PC with the mirrored files on your Palm
Bookshelf	MS-Windows	Text, HTML	n/a	Reader	Interesting 'little' fullscreen reader. Creates an "old" looking "book" with highlighted first letters and scrollwork images on the pages.
Mobipocket Reader	MS-Windows PalmOS Windows CE Nokia Communicator Psion Epoc23 Casio BE-300	DOC TXT	n/a	Reader	I seriously doubt this needs a description. Even if you've never heard of it, the web site does a far better job than I could.
Rocket e-Book	MS-Windows	RB	n/a	Reader	The link on the left is without dictionary. For the program with dictionary try this.
Merlin	MS-Windows, Linux	RB	n/a	Reader	Not quite as "click-and-go" as a new user might wish. However, it's a decent enough reader with few issues.

Utility

O/S

Input

Output

Uses

Comments

Notepad/Wordpad

MS-Windows

TXT

n/a

Reader, Editor

The Windows default. The Win 9x version of Notepad is limited in the file size it can read. Win2k has no limit.

yBook
Hosted by the FAQ
(may not be the latest version)
Latest version!
Version 1.2.18

MS-Windows

TXT

n/a

Reader

Author's Homesite: Spacejock Software
Very nice!
yBook is designed to emulate a paperback novel on your computer screen.
* 'Turn' pages by clicking on them with either mouse button.
* Load any text file
* Remembers your preferred font size
* Optionally justify the text to the margins
* Removes all hard-coded carriage returns and intelligently indents paragraphs.
* Jump to a specific page
* Search for text
* FREE FREE FREE Doesn't cost a cent.
(The author's a helluva guy too :)
Additional notes from the author:
This version (1.1.8.1) includes a proper help file.
Fixes an issue with paragraph spacing,
Enables the use of files with a '.text' extension,
(If you associate these files with yBook)
You can then open them by double-clicking the file.
Allows you to specify the speed of the page turning,
Reindexes a bit quicker.

Pookie's TextReader
Hosted by the FAQ

MS-Windows

TXT

n/a

Reader

Programmed and offered by one of our own,
Pookie's TextReader has a clean, simple interface. *very* easy on the eyes.
In the author's own words: "Have your $2000 laptop imitate a $4.95 paperback!"
The binary is currently freely available and can be freely downloaded and freely used. Did I mention it's free?"

Ultraedit

MS-Windows

TXT

n/a

Reader, Editor

High powered text/hex/html/programming editor. Multilingual. Shareware.

MSIE Netscape
Opera Gecko!

All

HTML

n/a

Reader

Pick your flavor. Some might suggest tips like using the full-screen mode of your browser and having the toolbar set to auto-hide so that you have an entire screen of text.

Microsoft Reader

MS-Windows

LIT

n/a

Reader

LIT is a proprietary format and consequently it's only those who like the
MS-Reader that uses the lit format.

Adobe Reader

MS-Windows, Mac, Linux

PDF

n/a

Reader

From the creators of the PDF format.