In this week’s Win7News, I wrote about my experiences with the three most popular ebook reading programs for the PC: Sony Reader Library, B&N Reader and Amazon Kindle for PC. Please check out that article over at www.win7news.net on Thursday, April 8th or thereafter, for the details on how I liked each.
Since I can’t include screenshots in that article, I thought I would post those here to supplement it.
Sony Reader Library
To get content, you click the eBook Store link in the left pane.
After you make a purchase or select to get a free book, click on your Cart and check out. Then it will appear in your Library:
To read it, just double click the book name and it opens in the Reader interface:
As you can see, the interface is pretty simple.
In the left pane, there are file management options to let you navigate to and display files on the SD Card (if you have one) and on the hard drives of the computer:
The Help file is fairly comprehensive and contains troubleshooting information as well as basic instructions for setting up and using the Reader Library:
Barnes & Noble Reader
The B&N Reader prominently features “The Daily,” which provides free articles from B&N blogs and notifications if there is a new issue available of one of your eNewspapers or eMagazines.
The library is divided into categories: All Items, eBooks, eMagazines, eNewspapers and My Stuff:
There is a section called “Now Reading” where you can find the publications you’re currently reading, with quick links to the last read page, table of contents, bookmarks, annotations and highlights.
I like the “Now Reading” section, which has links to the last read page and ToC as well as your bookmarks, annotations and highlights:
The B&N Reader is very configurable, letting you change not just the font size but colors, line spacing, margins and more:
Kindle for PC
The Kindle software is the quickest to install, and provides for the simplest interface:
There are only a few configuration options offered in the Menu:
The “Settings” dialog box is pretty disappointing. There are no options to customize fonts and other aspects of the reading experience:
According to the “Future Improvements” page on the web site, there are plans to add some of the functionality that the other readers already have:
The “Help” link opens a web page in your browser. There is no traditional Help file installed with the program:
Be sure to check out the full review in the April 8 issue of Win7News!
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