I've been experimenting with
different ereading apps on the rooted Nook Touch to find out which ones work the best.
One of the biggest benefits of the iPad is that you can install
different ereader apps and download ebooks on the fly from a number of different sources, including Amazon, Kobo, B&N, and others.
Often I just give up looking out of frustration, which is kind of a bummer because reading on my iPad is great and I like using all
the different eReader apps, which all have strengths and weaknesses.
Not exact matches
While we assume that most readers buying the files from our website (which provides Laura and us with greater revenue) will have the technical nous to install the relevant
ereading apps etc, we may need to provide some generic instructions for subscribers about downloading files to the
different platforms, how to install Kindle and iBook
apps, ADE, etc..
Acer includes not one, but five
different Amazon branded
apps: Amazon shopping, Amazon Kindle
eReader, Amazon Local, Amazon MP3 and Amazon Appstore.
I think it is simply that the Android
app is quite
different from the native Kindle software, and is no doubt designed to be used by much more powerful hardware than the typical
ereader.
In the end, the Kindle Fire as an
ereader is hardly any
different than any other Android tablet with the regular Kindle for Android
app installed.
Some people like having an Android device for more forms or
ereading, like RSS feeds, comics, web browsing (the Kindle's browser is dreadful), integrating with Dropbox, a choice of a bunch of
different ePub
apps, etc, and others just prefer to read Kindle ebooks, in which case the Kindle has the advantage.
This means your eBook will be formatted to display consistently across a variety of
different eReader devices, software and
apps.
Kindle
app is
different from Kindle
eReaders, so don't mix these two things.
With the EPUB eBook you have to worry about designing for a lot of
different eReading devices, but the MOBI / KF8 eBook is exclusively for Amazon - produced hardware and
apps.
To free yourself from so many
different devices in your limited compartment, you can always rely on the
eReading apps to resume your unfinished chapter.
About the DRM - free part: I bought Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone on Pottermore Shop yesterday and here's what I found: sending the book to my Amazon and Barnes & Noble.com accounts was fairly simple — and I was quickly able to read the book on my Kindle Fire, first - gen Nook 3G, and the Nook
app on my Android phone. However, when I downloaded the epub file to my PC I found I couldn't read it using either the free Calibre
ereader software (which told me «This file is locked by DRM») or Adobe Digital Editions, which Pottermore Shop actually recommends for reading its Harry Potter ebooks. When I attempted to read the ebook in Adobe Digital Editions I got a pop - up box telling me «Document is licensed for a
different user account».
The goal of the
app is to invigorate millions of users to read by providing a
different experience than current
eReaders.