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2009-06-26
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Originally Posted by munky261
I just tried reading the 20meg file mentioned here through Evince..and man..that's 600+ pages...the constant loading and sluggishness makes it pretty much impossible to read.
I have all my ebooks (200+) in pdf format, I use evince to read them and I have no complaints about it at all.
For smaller PDF's that are not scanned books it may work though...
For now I'm looking into a way to get the PDF converted to TXT and read it that way.
Thanks all.
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2009-06-26
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I scanned a technical manual for deeps space nine...170+ pages and over 120 megs and it works great for me
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2009-06-26
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You want FBReader, anyone would say that, at least for the non-pdf formats it handles. Gutenberg.org provides the most books. Important, also use (and bookmark) the Newbie link in my sig. E.g., you could use it to Google "free ebooks"
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2009-06-26
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Originally Posted by munky261
I don't know what to think about that. My file is 20 meg, 600+ pages (apparently scanned at a much lower res) and I get the words 'Loading' on the first pages for the first 1-2 minutes and whenever I scroll down to a new page there is an additional 30-40 secs loading time.
I scanned a technical manual for deeps space nine...170+ pages and over 120 megs and it works great for me
I got virtual memory maxed and the book file is on the internal 2gig card.
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AutoScan, Diablo5 Theme, Dialcentral, DragLock, EmelFM2, FlipClock, gPodder, Headphoned, Knots 2, Maemo Mapper, mPlayer, openNTPD, OpenSSH, Panucci, Personal Launcher, QuickNote, Seqretary, SlideLock, Telescope, YellowNotes
.N810 experience: Since 6/2009
My Twenty Favorite OS2008 Applications:
AutoScan, Diablo5 Theme, Dialcentral, DragLock, EmelFM2, FlipClock, gPodder, Headphoned, Knots 2, Maemo Mapper, mPlayer, openNTPD, OpenSSH, Panucci, Personal Launcher, QuickNote, Seqretary, SlideLock, Telescope, YellowNotes
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2009-06-26
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I read a ton of ebooks on my N800. I personally stick with FBReader for the most part, but recently switched to using Evince for PDFs. I just avoided PDFs for so long, because most apps suck. Evince tends to do a good job, and I've not had any problems with it going through 300+ page PDFs.
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2009-06-26
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Originally Posted by Hellmark
It's the file mentioned in my first post (The Dark continent book). If you get really bored maybe download it and let me know what you experience
I read a ton of ebooks on my N800. I personally stick with FBReader for the most part, but recently switched to using Evince for PDFs. I just avoided PDFs for so long, because most apps suck. Evince tends to do a good job, and I've not had any problems with it going through 300+ page PDFs.
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AutoScan, Diablo5 Theme, Dialcentral, DragLock, EmelFM2, FlipClock, gPodder, Headphoned, Knots 2, Maemo Mapper, mPlayer, openNTPD, OpenSSH, Panucci, Personal Launcher, QuickNote, Seqretary, SlideLock, Telescope, YellowNotes
.N810 experience: Since 6/2009
My Twenty Favorite OS2008 Applications:
AutoScan, Diablo5 Theme, Dialcentral, DragLock, EmelFM2, FlipClock, gPodder, Headphoned, Knots 2, Maemo Mapper, mPlayer, openNTPD, OpenSSH, Panucci, Personal Launcher, QuickNote, Seqretary, SlideLock, Telescope, YellowNotes
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2009-06-28
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I apologize in advance, but I came in on the tail end of this. I'm trying to understand where you all are going to get these eBooks from. I kinda like that all of you are also giving advice on which program to use to read them with, but the only thing i dnt get yet is the big difference between PDF and TXT file formats... i can obviously google it but since i'm here and its really a question of if the tablet can do it when i get it, I thought, why not ask... and also @Munky261 or any body knowledgeable, could you be more specific on ( like "exactly" what sites with not only old but new FREE eBooks) sites to go to.. I havent got my n810 yet since i'm wanting to get paid this week to order it (so excited!!) but aside from that i really wana get into reading eBooks and was gona get a Kindle but thought this was an answer to my prayer when i found out that the tablet could do it ( and so much more). my only worry is it seems really hard to even find the books i like from just a reagular search on google for free eBook site... any suggestions?... thanks guys!
Last edited by jalladin; 2009-06-28 at 20:05.
Last edited by jalladin; 2009-06-28 at 20:05.
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2009-06-29
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Originally Posted by jalladin
PDF is an image of a page.
I apologize in advance, but I came in on the tail end of this. I'm trying to understand where you all are going to get these eBooks from. I kinda like that all of you are also giving advice on which program to use to read them with, but the only thing i dnt get yet is the big difference between PDF and TXT file formats... i can obviously google it but since i'm here and its really a question of if the tablet can do it when i get it, I thought, why not ask... and also @Munky261 or any body knowledgeable, could you be more specific on ( like "exactly" what sites with not only old but new FREE eBooks) sites to go to.. I havent got my n810 yet since i'm wanting to get paid this week to order it (so excited!!) but aside from that i really wana get into reading eBooks and was gona get a Kindle but thought this was an answer to my prayer when i found out that the tablet could do it ( and so much more). my only worry is it seems really hard to even find the books i like from just a reagular search on google for free eBook site... any suggestions?... thanks guys!
Text is text page (sometimes modifiable). Often smaller in size and often displays/reads better/easier.
For a lot of free eBooks you can start by checking out:
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
Another source: http://books.google.com/
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AutoScan, Diablo5 Theme, Dialcentral, DragLock, EmelFM2, FlipClock, gPodder, Headphoned, Knots 2, Maemo Mapper, mPlayer, openNTPD, OpenSSH, Panucci, Personal Launcher, QuickNote, Seqretary, SlideLock, Telescope, YellowNotes
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2009-06-29
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If you are interested in free and current, you of course aren't going to get stuff from publishers who are trying to make a living (unless you try alt. newsgroups -- look for ones with "e-books" in the name of the group -- warning, this is not legal), in most cases.
However, take a look at www.wowio.com. You can read just about anything there on your web browser, including on a tablet. And if you want something you can take with with you when you aren't in range of wifi, you can purchase most of the books for a pretty small fee and get pdf files that I would expect to work.
If you add books to your library on wowio.com, the site keeps your place for you, so you can pick up reading from where you left off. I think it's a cool site.
However, take a look at www.wowio.com. You can read just about anything there on your web browser, including on a tablet. And if you want something you can take with with you when you aren't in range of wifi, you can purchase most of the books for a pretty small fee and get pdf files that I would expect to work.
If you add books to your library on wowio.com, the site keeps your place for you, so you can pick up reading from where you left off. I think it's a cool site.
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