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I'm new to ebooks and am looking for links and advice. Things like:

Best formats
best readers
best sites (free and pay)

Thaks in advance!

Hey dreaming,

I haven't been one to use/read ebooks myself in the past, although I've been wanting to, and now I have an even better reason to do so with the portability provided by the 770.

I'm sure those who've been doing it longer can provide much better links, but this will get you started for now.

Formats - I'd say anything specific to the reader will be optimal as your navigation, bookmarking/tagging of segments will be more intuitive and feature-filled. One can still open HTML (.htm, .html) and plain text (.txt) electronic documents and view them in the 770 web browser.

Readers - From perusing the forums here many *seem* to prefer FBreader, others may use Plucker. I have not yet needed a dedicated reader yet but installed FBreader just last night to see how it works.

Sites - I've avoided pay sites, heck I think some can be purchased even through Amazon. Here are a couple of links to freebies, one I'd found a long time ago, another just last night.

http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/ - mostly plain text, html and lit (Micro$oft) also for some

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ - ebook, Palm, html versions

Many technical documents can be had for free, if you're into that. Check your favorite vendor's website for those, and occasionally Micro$oft will offer various ones for free for a short period.

In a brief Google search here are a couple of pay-for sites:

http://www.ebookmall.com/

http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...223963-6462344


I'm sure the diehard fans will be able to provide you more choices. I pulled up an HTML book last night and read into the wee hours. I hadn't read any fiction, apart from about 2 chapters of LOTR a few years ago, in about 15 years! What a joy to simply be entertained for once.

Google is your friend...