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And the Kindle app is really slick, especially if you are using it for texts in different languages and want to also use foreign language dictionaries. I use it for both English and Italian texts, and I can look up words from texts in either language. Having said that, you have nothing to lose by trying other apps. Nook and Kindle are both free. So is, I think, Aldiko and several others.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Sarah Lee Hauslinger
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:10 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Android devices
For Android, there are Kindle and Nook apps, just for starters. Then there's Aldiko, which reads ePub and PDF formats, is super-stable, sports the best-designed interface of the three, and IMO is the best of the lot.
Regarding iBooks, if you plan to use it only as a reader, should be no problem. However, if you plan to use it to create and sell your own e-books, be aware that the EULA mandates that you must sell your creations only in the iBooks store and nowhere else.
Sarah Lee Hauslinger
slhauslinger -at- gmail -dot- com
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:26 PM, Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> wrote:
> I was looking at the Asus Slider tablet. The only question I have
> about Android is whether there is a decent eReader application. I'm
> sure there must be one. It's just that I've gone Calibre for my laptop
> and Stanza for iPhone (and iPad, if I get one). I just downloaded
> iBooks V2.0 so we'll have to see what it does. But if I get a tablet,
> I'd want to use it for reading.
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