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Desktop, Laptop: General
check eReaders with device/store (e.g., Google , Kindle , Kobo , Nook , OverDrive ) for availability of a free eReader application for your platform Pocket launches new Mac app for cross-platform sharing and offline reading offline reading alternative to e-book format? 10/25/2012 $13 E-Reader Could Be Your Next Smartphone Accessory txtr beagle; two AAA batteries; Bluetooth; 10/10/2012 Ultrabooks: A Bevy of Beauties, and So PC 3/29/2012 How to Make Reading on Your Computer a Better Experience (calibrate monitor; better lighting/stand; enhance reader app w/ extensions, services); 3/5/2012 .epub Readers and Editors (Readers : Bookworm, Blio, Calibre, FB Reader, Magic Scroll, Mobipocket, Nook, Sony Reader Library, uread; Adobe Digital Editions, EPUBReader, Lucidor, Openberg; Aldiko, Bluefire, iBooks, Stanza; Editors : Adobe InDesign, Azardi, Calibre, ePubIt, eCub, Atlantis Word Processor, Sigil, Padilicious); 12/5/2011 Feature wars and computing shifts: Netbook vs. Tablet 11/16/2011 Q&A: E-books Without an E-Reader 6/21/2011 Alternate Apps: Nook vs. Kindle for your computer 6/21/2011 How to read ebooks without an e-reader 5/19/2011 Mac E-book Software
not a complete list... Adobe Digital Editions Bookle (app; $9.99) ; Take Control of Bookle (free manual: .pdf, .epub) Introducing Bookle, an EPUB Reader for Mac OS X 2/6/2012 Bookle brings ePub reading to the Mac 2/6/2012 Bookle: A New Way to Read Ebooks On Your Mac 2/13/2012 Calibre [slideshow] ePub Reader : FireFox addon[slideshow] Google apps: iPad app ; eReaders, tablets, smartphones, web browser iBooks : iBooks on Mac or Windows (in iTunes)? not yet... ctrl-click .epub file to Open with... (your favorite eReader app), or access via iTunes; however, this does not work with purchased (DRM) ePubs Why Apple will produce iBooks/Newsstand for Mac 8/5/2011 Kindle apps for other devices: iPad ; iPhone, Windows PC, Mac, Blackberry, iPad, Android, Windows Phone 7 ; Cloud Reader (web browser) Amazon updates its Kindle Mac app, adds support for gestures, new Kindle 8 format and more 9/10/2012 Kobo apps: iPad ; tablets: Android, Blackberry Playbook, iPad ; desktop: PC, Mac ; smartphones Nook apps for other devices: iPad ; iPad, iPad(Kids), Android, PC, Mac Opera proposal brings a book look to the Web10/11/2011 Sigil [slideshow] Stanza Desktop : Mac OS ; Windows
not a complete list, mostly alphabetical Four Alternatives to the New iPad Amazon Kindle Fire; Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime; Samsung Galaxy Note; Blackberry PlayBook; 3/19/2012 Beginner's guide to Android phones and tablets 1/23/2012 Just Show Me: Getting started with the Kindle App for your Android phone or tablet 1/4/2012 2012 Best eBook Reader Comparisons and Reviews 2012 10 Mobile (phone) Apps for Bookworms : Kindle, Comics, Goodreads, IndieBound, Book Crawler, Classics, Stanza, iBooks, Wattpad, Goggles Apple : Apple planning to bring iBooks to Apple TV? 9/5/2012 Blackberry : Research in Motion (RIM): Blackberry Playbook ; Wikipedia BlackBerry PlayBook To Come Pre-Loaded With PressReader Instant Access To 2,000+ Newspapers; 11/11/2011 Bokeen Cybook : Bookeen Cybook Odyssey e-book reader 2/28/2012 Cybook Odyssey E-Reader Shows Arrives With Touchscreen, Web Navigation 10/7/2011 Bookeen Cybook Orizon: Touchscreen ebook reader needs better Web access 8/18/2011 HP : Wikipedia: HP TouchPad (WebOS )HP to Reenter Tablet Market with Windows 8 5/11/2012 HP Slate 2 revives Windows 7 tablet ($699) after lost shot at iPad 11/2/2011 Kyobo : Kyobo eReader with Mirasol display gets video walkthrough, does things E Ink can't 12/19/2011 Kyobo Mirasol color e-reader debuts in Korea 11/22/2011 Microsoft : Why Is the Surface So Bad? 11/5/2012 Missing From Surface Tablet: Barnes & Noble?s Nook App 10/26/2012 Microsoft Surface RT Review: This Is Technological Heartbreak 10/23/2012 Sleek Tablet, but Clumsy Software 10/23/2012 The Differences Between Windows 8 and Windows RT Explained 10/22/2012 What Windows RT Can?t Do 10/19/2012 Seven things to consider for a Windows tablet 10/18/2012 How Microsoft Surface stacks up against competing tablets 10/17/2012 How Will the Microsoft Surface Tablet Function as an e-Reader? 6/20/2012 Microsoft's long and tortured history in tablets 6/19/2012 No Tablet News Yet From Nokia, But It Is Launching Its E-Reader Reading App Nokia Reading, in Europe; 5/11/2012 A Windows 8 e-reader: If someone builds it, will they come? 3/19/2012 Nokia hints at Windows 8 tablets (older tablet: Nokia N800 ); 11/2/2011 How Windows 8 KO'd the innovative Courier tablet 11/2/2011 Wikipedia: Courier ; The inside story of how Microsoft killed its Courier tablet 11/1/2011 Microsoft Reader E-Book System Comes To Its Conclusion 8/15/2011 OLPC : Wikipedia: OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) ; one.laptop.org OLPC XO 3.0 Hands On: The $100 Wonder Tablet 1/8/2012 Negroponte On OLPC Future 100 books; ~$100; 11/2/2011 Samsung : Wikipedia: Samsung Galaxy Tab Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 review: The anti-Kindle Fire? expandable memory, dual cameras, and a full Android experience for only $250; 4/13/2012 Sony : sony.com : Reader Wi-Fi [eReader], Tablet S [tablet]Wikipedia: Sony Reader Sony intros Virtual Book Club, enlists 'Breakfast Club' alum 10/26/2012 Sony?s New eReader Is Light, Pleasant, and Massively Late to the Game PRS-T2; 8/16/2012 Sony launches web store for e-Books, Android app also gets refresh 6/6/2012 How the Tech Parade Passed Sony By 4/14/2012 Sony Reader WiFi PRS-T1 review ; review [video; 4:02]; 10/7/2011 First look at the new Sony Reader PRS-T1 8/27/2011 Sony Reader Touch and Amazon Kindle 3 go head-to-head 9/20/2010
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Desktop, Laptop: Applications (alphabetically)
iBooks: iBooks on Mac or Windows (in iTunes)? not yet... ctrl-click .epub file to Open with... (your favorite eReader app), or access via iTunes; however, this does not work with purchased (DRM) ePubs