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Calibre (pronounced cal-i-ber) is a cross-platform free and open-source suite of e-book software. Calibre supports organizing existing e-books into virtual libraries, displaying, editing, creating and converting e-books, as well as syncing e-books with a variety of e-readers. Editing books is supported for EPUB and AZW3 formats.
Users may also download books through the use of the Kobo Bookstore. Adding books to a wishlist, purchasing books, and browsing through the library can be done on the Kobo itself thanks to the Wi-Fi chip. Once purchased, books are saved in the cloud and can be redownloaded at any time if the user has deleted the book from his/her device.
In October 2012, Barnes & Noble added the OverDrive Media Console app to the NOOK App Store, enabling Nook Color, Nook Tablet, and later Nook HD, Nook HD+ and Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 Nook users to download audiobooks, eBooks, and videos directly to their devices. [2]
The Kobo Libra Colour is a colored e-reader and notebook with long battery life and a waterproof design. Learn more about my experience using it to download and read books via OverDrive.
The term multimedia e-book is used in contrast to media which only utilize traditional forms of printed or text books. Multimedia e-books include a combination of text, audio, images, video, or interactive content formats. Much like how a traditional book can contain images to help the text tell a story, a multimedia e-book can contain other ...
FBReader is an e-book reader for Linux, Microsoft Windows, Android, and other platforms.. It was originally written for the Sharp Zaurus and currently runs on many other mobile devices, like the Nokia Internet Tablets, as well as desktop computers.
Many e-readers can use the internet through Wi-Fi and the built-in software can provide a link to a digital Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) library or an e-book retailer, allowing the user to buy, borrow, and receive digital e-books. [9] An e-reader may also download e-books from a computer or read them from a memory card. [10]
Supports downloading purchased books as EPUB and/or PDF. Kitabu: Proprietary OS X None Supports ePub3, ePub2, fixed layout. Kobo: Proprietary Windows, OS X, Android, Apple iOS, Kobo eReader Software, Adobe Content Server Supports EPUB 2 and EPUB 3. Lector: GPL: Linux None Supports also Mobi, AZW(3/4), CBR/CBZ, PDF, DjVu, FB2 Lektz Readers ...