[Palm OS] ereader.com's eReader works
 

Hi All,

Just to report the ereader.com eReader for Palm OS v2.6 seems to work fine with the Garnet VM on my N770. The hardest bit was trying to figure out how to get the books (.pdb) files into the VM. Turns out, you just install the .pdb just like an app, and then the eReader finds the book.

Trying to find the best way to orient it. I think the non-'Fullscreen' portrait mode is the most comfortable to hold it. Though I wish the screen would scale to fit the N770's screen a bit more. This would make the fonts easier to read.

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Sweet :)
Kinda wish you could rotate the screen.

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rotate AND enlarge the screen

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after reading about 6 books on that tiny little portion of my N800's screen, I emailed the ereader.com request account. Technically I think it's designed for requesting books to convert to the eReader format, but apparently it worked anyway.

I have to admit I was in a bit of a mood when I emailed them.

Here's what I sent:

And here's why I'm posting this: this is the email I recieved in return.

I don't know if this will actually pan out, but apparently they're at least looking into it! Woot!

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What an interesting response coming from the people who have for years rebuffed making an eReader application for BlackBerry (with their tens of millions of installed users) as not in their product roadmap at all, yet they're willing to take a stab at making something work on Maemo, with it's incredibly small by comparison user base...

Would be great to see, but I wouldn't hold my breathe.

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Well eReader was bought in early January by Fictionwise and one of the things they said in the press release was..."Fictionwise plans to build on the success of the eReader eBook format by expanding the product to function on an even wider range of handheld devices, allowing customers the flexibility to read on whatever devices best meet their needs.". So let's cross our fingers. Who knows, maybe they'll port it to the BlackBerry too.

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How can you use that tiny spot of the screen to read books!?! I loaded Garnet VM just so I could put Adobe Reader for Palm OS on my N800. But now that I see the tiny piece of real estate that Garnet uses, I don't see the point of trying to take this further.

Has anyone figured out how to get more screen into the emulation? I actually *prefer* reading in FBReader to reading a bound book, but with the tiny portion of the screen that Garnet uses, Adobe Reader just ain't going to cut it.

I get my books primarily from the library, and now many are available electronically -- but only with Digital Rights Management bullsh** from Overdrive (in cahoots with Microsoft) and Adobe. I've spent all day trying to find a way that I can circumvent the damn DRM, just so I can use the library resource like any Windows Mobile client of the library, or any Adobe Reader-using client, but I can't find a way to do it. So then I thought, OK, I'll use the Palm OS Adobe Reader under Garnet emulation.

It looks to me like I'm SOL (that is, "out of luck") until my library carries DRM-constrained editions in FB2 (and I don't see that happening!) or Adobe makes a DRM-capable Reader for the N-Series.

I'm just venting, having spent all day on this, fruitlessly, ...

... but if anybody has any good ideas ... ??

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Hey,

I figure that report was quite useful. Ebooks are the latest technology in book reading. For people interested in learning more about the possibilities hidden in the technology, I highly suggest this book to all board members that may be interested, as it explains everything in great detail.

Jason

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What actually is happening: one of their devs saw the chance to get the company to buy him an N810...