16 Dec
2014
16 Dec
'14
2:39 p.m.
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Peter Corlett <abuse at cabal.org.uk> wrote:
ePubs are pretty easy to read as a format, given that they're just a ZIP
archive of HTML files. I don't have any Apple products myself, though. I do
know that B&N's Nook smartphone application will happily read most
ePub-format titles, as will Moon Reader (which reads pretty much anything,
but may be Android-only).
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 03:58:44PM -0600, Joseph Lenox wrote:
I thought it worked just fine for the purpose of permitting a searchable
"library" of eBooks in multiple formats. The conversion tools are usable
and the program itself is pretty unobtrusive. The eBook viewer packaged
with it is nothing to write home about, but it works.
For a partial solution to library management,
there's Calibre (
calibre-ebook.com). It's free.
It's also a massive pile of crap that makes iTunes look good. The only
good
use-case for it is pretty much to use it as an iTunes-alike for sideloading
data onto a Kindle.
The poor
random access is a pain, and usually why I don't use eBooks for
technical works (or anything where it's helpful to be able to flip
around in
the text).
MacOS's Preview.app is actually a pretty goof PDF renderer, and will open
multiple files side-by-side, but not the same file twice. Apple-[ works in
a
similar manner to a browser back button, so can be used to return to the
table-of-contents, index, or other cross-reference I've followed. Sadly, I
don't have anything that will display ePubs since my iPad took a coffee
bath,
but fortunately I have limited content in that format.