Free ebooks? - HTC EVO 3D

Anybody know a website that lets me download free ebooks preferably that can be readable by the stock reader...

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Boston Public Library let's you borrow for 2 weeks for free and project Guttenberg is for free as well.... Google has a free book program too---all three are epub compatible so most readers will work
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I was using Wowio. It used to be free but now... it costs. Then again... I was using it when it was still beta and you had to be in school to register for it. lol
Haven't logged onto it till now and it looks like it all costs but looks decent enough.
Try Google eBooks. They have some free ones.

carlost24 said:
Anybody know a website that lets me download free ebooks preferably that can be readable by the stock reader...
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Is there a problem with using Google Books app. I know it's not the stock reader, but I think it's a better reader. It's only a few features away from being better than the Kindle app.
Reason I say this is because there are a lot of public domain books available at books.google.com, and you can sync between multiple devices this way too.

There are thousands of free e-books on Kindle and Google's book app. They are mostly classics. There are a lot of free e-books that are nearly impossible or ridiculously expensive to get as paper books.

carlost24 said:
Anybody know a website that lets me download free ebooks preferably that can be readable by the stock reader...
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I use Aldiko, which lets you get a lot of free books that are in the public domain. I stumbled across the fact that any of the books I download using it are also available in the Reader app, too.
Most of their free, public domain books are coming from feedbooks.com, it looks like.

Why not just buy them? They are only a couple dollars?
Or try going into a book store and walking out with a bunch of books? Same thing right? . . .

holdfast043 said:
Why not just buy them? They are only a couple dollars?
Or try going into a book store and walking out with a bunch of books? Same thing right? . . .
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There are plenty of older books that are in the public domain that people do want to read. Many are out of print, and can only be purchased as a rare or collectible book for quite a bit more than even the newest bestseller.
The books that are in the public domain are made available as ebooks so that they can continue to be enjoyed, when they otherwise wouldn't. Just because something is truly free doesn't mean it is being made available illegally.

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EBooks?

Okay now I am jealous!
My wife's shiny new Desire has just had Kindle made available to it on the App Store.
Where can I source some good [ideally free!] ebooks for the HD2 and which EBook Reader should I get please?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652252
i would recommend freda reader....its great.(now use the search option please before you post)
Thanks. I knew about the ereaders but didnt see this thread for ebooks themselves.
Do I need that indexer as well as the Freda Reader you mention above?
wigwam12 said:
Thanks. I knew about the ereaders but didnt see this thread for ebooks themselves.
Do I need that indexer as well as the Freda Reader you mention above?
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indexer is for the ereader tab whereas with freda you just install the app and that's that.
Great thanks.
I will give it a whirl
My favorite reader software is mobipocket (free). You can also use there Creator software to convert between different formats.
What type of books are you into?
If sci-fi then google "5th imperium". Its a site set up by Baen books with loads of books available but they are all sci-fi / fantasy.
You can download them in various formats.
Perfect. I am indeed a Sci-Fi and Fantasy nut
thanks petest got a couple of good reads for my flight and I know where to get plenty more now from 5th Imperium!
I cant get to grips with mobireader - cant even get it to see the books I have on my mem card.
Tried Freader and so far so good.
You can also try sites like the Gutenberg project. It offers tons of free books(mostly the old, classic stuff). For illegal free eBooks I recommend this site.
My favorite reader is e-reader , but it has bug on htc hd2 it does not remember theme setting . To convert books I use Desktop Stanza or quick PDB . And you have to " install books " or go online ereader website and create your book shelf , then with htc you go online login to ereader and download your books you put there . It sounds like lot but once you do it few times , it's breeze .
Raudi1 said:
For illegal free eBooks I recommend this site.
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LoL pretty damn hilarious
You have a nice sense of humor there Raudi
I just hope I wont get any problems with the moderators because I posted a link to a site where you can find warez
But since the post hasn't been deleted yet and I have received no warning, I hope the moderators wont find the post
ps: I don't want to start a discussion but warez or links to warez sites (other than the one I provided) shouldn't be posted here on XDA IMO. It's bad for software developers and perhaps even XDA itself. If you really want warez, you will find them yourself (including Trojans etc.) but not on XDA-developers.

E-book providers

Want sure if this is the right forum for posting this, but I wanted to get you guys' insight into this.
I'm a big fan of HTC's reader app, but unless you have a Kobo account you're left to converting epub and mobi files in Calibre. This is typically the case for me as most of my books have come from either Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
Could you guys that have Kobo give some insight into the service? How dies it compare to Amazon and B&N? What about selection size?
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You don't have to use calibre to convert epubs. They are natively supported. Just restart your flyer and they import. If you get a request for your username and password, contact Barnes and noble. It's something like your B&N username and last 4 of card used to purchase. All of my books auto import now. I have not purchased from kobo yet, and don't use calibre.
zendragon6 said:
You don't have to use calibre to convert epubs. They are natively supported. Just restart your flyer and they import. If you get a request for your username and password, contact Barnes and noble. It's something like your B&N username and last 4 of card used to purchase. All of my books auto import now. I have not purchased from kobo yet, and don't use calibre.
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Amazon is the one I typically convert from. Most of the books I got from B&N don't need conversion.
Any Kobo users?
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Kobo User
I have been using Kobo since picking up the Flyer. I believe you will find it an excellent service once you have your account set up on the tablet. When I buy a book using the Kobo reader app I just enter in my password for a purchase and it begins a down load right to the Flyer. I have used Mobi pocket and have downloaded from project gutenberg also.
Kobo was Indigo/Chapters, the Barnes & Noble of Canada. (It was recently sold to Rakuten (of Japan).)
Books show up on it a few weeks after release on Amazon and B&N. Selection, otherwise, seems about the same. Prices equivalent to B&N on my comparison shopping on a few items, and both about $1/item over Amazon.
However, so far, only Amazon carries the book that my son was a co-authored, called Reinventing Fire.
OTOH stay away from the Kobo Vox, their Kindle Fire competitor.
You know, I really like the Reader app. The aesthetics of it are nice, the animations are slick, the pinch to zoom, non-square-and-plain highlighting--like it all. I've purchased a few books through Kobo, and had no problems what-so-ever, and their prices were good.
However...
I do a lot of highlighting and note-taking, and want a backup of those. I found no indication that the Reader backs-up or syncs to the cloud (and when I asked HTC on Facebook, they agreed that it does not.) So, I switched to Kindle. I tried both Nook and Kindle apps, and like the Kindle functionality the best. I'm wrapping up a few books in Reader, but then will be all Kindle (again, just 'cause of the cloud-sync business.)
Jeff
GrandAdmiral said:
Amazon is the one I typically convert from. Most of the books I got from B&N don't need conversion.
Any Kobo users?
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How do you convert Amazon ebooks? Calibre doesn't support DRM.
sonus said:
How do you convert Amazon ebooks? Calibre doesn't support DRM.
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There are plugins which you can use. Search for "apprentice alf". That should point you in the right direction.
About the native reader app, I never use it. Not enough settings. The margin is way too wide (top and bottom). This makes it unusable to me.
are we allowed to post links to 'free' ebook sources? (not the out-of-copyright ones, the i-found-it-for-free ones)
NookFan said:
I tried both Nook and Kindle apps, and like the Kindle functionality the best. I'm wrapping up a few books in Reader, but then will be all Kindle
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So you're changing your login name then?
n7of9 said:
are we allowed to post links to 'free' ebook sources? (not the out-of-copyright ones, the i-found-it-for-free ones)
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If it's copyright material that is not made freely available by the publisher or author then no, that is the same as posting pirate software.
globatron said:
If it's copyright material that is not made freely available by the publisher or author then no, that is the same as posting pirate software.
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then i'm glad i asked
So my understanding is that the reader app supports mobi and epub? Is there any other app on the matket that does that is a better fashion
fiveoneooo said:
So my understanding is that the reader app supports mobi and epub? Is there any other app on the matket that does that is a better fashion
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reader apps that are linked to a specific store are just storefronts...if you want a reader app with customisation, try:
Cool Reader
Moon Reader
Mantano
n7of9 said:
reader apps that are linked to a specific store are just storefronts...if you want a reader app with customisation, try:
Cool Reader
Moon Reader
Mantano
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Before downloading, you mind going over some of the features?
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GrandAdmiral said:
Before downloading, you mind going over some of the features?
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you can customise everything...fonts and colours and how to turn the pages and sort by tags and collections...but most importantly, the non-proprietary reader software don't own and take over your books
i recommend sticking to epub format because they are the only true open formats...having all your books in a proprietary format leaves you stuck with that provider, and if you are already on xda i assume you don't get a kick of being told how you have to use something
go with Mantano Reader...in my tests it was the most comprehensive (this from a chick with over 780 books in her collection, so this was a bit of an important subject for me...i sold my Asus Transformer because it wasn't comfortable as an ereader)
also, learn how to use Calibre to manage your collections...i have my library on a server as an opds catalog, which Mantano can access, and i also have it hosted on a no-ip domain
http://calibre-ebook.com/
I use Moon Reader Pro. I have customized a lot of the viewing options and love it. If you use Ivona, you can use TTS to have the book read out loud.
I used Calibre to convert my 300 books from www.ereader.com because I am afraid it is going to go under. I had been using that site for over a decade for my ebooks. The website has really gone down since BN bought it out about 3 years ago and they have not updated their Android app since the beta release.

Cloud organizer app?

As much as I tried to keep my clouds limited, they quickly grew. I can't say no to free cloud storage (well, not actually free, the bigger clouds usually come along side a membership or purchase). HP cloud came with the laptop, Asus cloud with the Prime, Amazon cloud with membership and of course Dropbox, Google docs and Google music.
I don't need it all right now, nor do I use it, but I'd like a better way of keeping them organized. Right now I do it via directories and bookmarks.
I think it would be great if there were an app that let you view your clouds side by side, what is in them, space avl, etc. Keep them organized and remind you what you have! (ah he'll, Picasa counts, too)
Maybe there is a cloud link app? Or one of these clouds will let us "pull in " other clouds like we can have several email addresses.
Doesn't hurt to hope
slugbug2010 said:
As much as I tried to keep my clouds limited, they quickly grew. I can't say no to free cloud storage (well, not actually free, the bigger clouds usually come along side a membership or purchase). HP cloud came with the laptop, Asus cloud with the Prime, Amazon cloud with membership and of course Dropbox, Google docs and Google music.
I don't need it all right now, nor do I use it, but I'd like a better way of keeping them organized. Right now I do it via directories and bookmarks.
I think it would be great if there were an app that let you view your clouds side by side, what is in them, space avl, etc. Keep them organized and remind you what you have! (ah he'll, Picasa counts, too)
Maybe there is a cloud link app? Or one of these clouds will let us "pull in " other clouds like we can have several email addresses.
Doesn't hurt to hope
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+1 really love the idea of such an app. Would definately make online storage more overviewable and efficienter organized / structured.
Br Kid
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Sandisk make an app that offers back up to the cloud and links together box, dropbox, google docs etc. Its available in the market. It is about to or has just come out of beta.
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bobbyball said:
Sandisk make an app that offers back up to the cloud and links together box, dropbox, google docs etc. Its available in the market. It is about to or has just come out of beta.
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Is this the one you are talking about?
https://market.android.com/details?...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5zYW5kaXNrLm16Il0.
In ES File explorer you can manage distant storing facilities, and Dropbox and Box are natively recognized.
I'll have to see what ES File explorer can do, I do have that and use it, but if it's essentially "file manager - like" then I'm already doing that one my own. The sandisk one is great but is limited to only a handful that I use.
I'm just dreaming it would be nice to have an app that you could specify which clouds you have and have the app act like a gatekeeper - it wouldn't be able to access your clouds, except maybe total space avl, used, allow the user to give them "sub-names" for the tasks/storage each cloud will be used for.
kraamerica said:
Is this the one you are talking about?
https://market.android.com/details?...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5zYW5kaXNrLm16Il0.
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Yes that's the one. You can set it to automatically back up your device to the cloud storage or your choice.
ZeroPC Cloud Navigator HD supports a few as well.
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ZeroPC Cloud Navigator HD supports a few as well.
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yeah i love that one! its better than otixo all in all but the down side is it has a limited bandwidth for free users >.< i hope that limitation would ware off

Book Readers for Nook HD/HD+

Using the android CM 10.2 installs, there have been problems noted for getting the Nook Reader and the crashing of the Amazon Kindle App. I'm doing this thread so a not to hijack the Kindle thread in Q&A.
Reading is the main thing I do with the HD. Not a gamer and but do like browsing, Email, and texting(Mighty Text). I use the Moon plus reader books I read. The app can be used for .epub, .mobi, pdf, and almost all the other formats for books. The books can be stored in any folder(s) you specify on your device or Dropbox. You can synchronize reading on different devices too. It formats the text well enough that I can actually use my phone to read. I don't know if it can keep track of different people reading and using the same device.
As far as I'm concerned, the Moon+ Reader is THE best but it is a paid app. I just looked and it's on Sale for $2.50! http://moondownload.com/
Thanks for the tip on mighty text. I was wondering if that was possible to do texting from the tablet. I think I may give it a try.
And I have the free version of moon+. This might be the time to buy the full version.
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EBookDroid imo
Moon-Reader seems a bit slow flipping through the pages on a PDF , it sorta bugs me
EBookDroid imho is the much better it lets you change a lot of settings for example preload the pages of the PDF ahead of time so by the time you scroll down there already rendered .. It also has the ability to read comics, browse your local network and best of all its free
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ebookdroid&hl=en
Get Overdrive and check out epubs from your affiliated local library.
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Sherip said:
Get Overdrive and check out epubs from your affiliated local library.
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+1
I do this as well works really well and free books.
Thanks for the note about the sale! Just checked and it's still available so I picked it up myself.
king200 said:
As far as I'm concerned, the Moon+ Reader is THE best but it is a paid app. I just looked and it's on Sale for $2.50!
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You might try Zo reader. I've been using it on my NC for over a year and now added it to the readers on my HD+. Works a treat.
Sherip said:
Get Overdrive and check out epubs from your affiliated local library.
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A little late to the party here, but I wanted to add that you don't only have to use Overdrive for checked out books. I use Calibre Companion, and when I try to open a book after importing it from Calibre I have the option to use Overdrive as the reader. Then Overdrive will import it and, viola! It's really very simple and painless. The only possible drawback is that you end up with 2 copies of the book: one in the folder you have set for Calibre Companion to save its books, and one in the Overdrive folder. This probably only works for epubs. Overdrive is by far the best epub reader I have found for Android besides the built-in reader in the stock Nook firmware, and it's free. (There are a couple other promising epub readers, SlickPub and Fabrik, but I don't think either of them are where they need to be yet).
Aldiko, and Mantano but I like the layout and shelf view of Aldiko the best.
thanks, i am using it now.
I love mantano reader... It seemsbuilt better than any other i have tried
Nook Reader
I actually like the Nook Android app for its clean user interface, easy look up function, choice of font sizes, search, etc.
However it can't be installed on CM 10 or 11 directly from the Google Play store... not compatible with the device. But I copied it from my phone and side loaded it easily. Why is that? I don't know. Other than the irony.
adam_ky said:
I love mantano reader... It seemsbuilt better than any other i have tried
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I think FBReader is better than yours
E-everything Reader?
I have moon reader right now as my go to reader. I'm looking for a E-reader that can read all sorts of different file types. Does anyone know of a book reader that can read everything from comics to E-pub's and everything in between?
Universal book reader
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Universal book reader
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Moon reader has been my favorite on both the HD and HD plus. It gives you the best customization.
+1 for Moon reader.
I like the fact that it can synchronize my reading position over multiple devices.

Aldiko ebook reader - buggy on Note 10.1 2014

For those looking for an ebook reader and tending to use or even buy Aldiko, the following information might be of interest.
I purchased Aldiko and with change from Note 10.1 to Note 10.1 2014, pages with graphics were suddenly displayed as blank.
Some tests showed me finally, that Aldiko is yet not able to cope with the screen resolution of the Note 10.1 2014 (if run in split screen mode, the pages are displayed properly).
Unfortunately, although Aldiko knows about the problem since October and the reason since December, nothing happend. Instead support requests are simply closed without any comment, there is no answer or reaction from the support at all.
Presently, I cannot recommend Aldiko anymore. A pity as I paid for the software.
I use mantano and moored both work well and I can have books on my so card
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I have a subscription on the beam store where Aldiko offered the option to download purchased ebooks within the app.
That's why I purchased (and I wanted to support the developers as the app was good on my GT-N8000).
What about MoonReader?
I second moon reader, ive been using it for 6mons and it replaced everything else
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If you need something fast mupdf beats all competition. The UI is kind of clunky but when it comes to speed of rendering pdf it can't be beat.
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What about MoonReader?
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I have MoonReader, what I missed is the direct integration of eBook stores (buying and downloading).
And what I do not understand is the fact that Aldiko knows about the problem but did not fix it and the app is still available for the Note 10.1 2014 in the app store.
I like the Mantano, the interface is nice and clean and it handles notes well other than the insistence of heavily branding exported note review sheets.
The biggest issue with Mantano is it's inability to handle pdf files. If you select text from a pdf and copy to another application or activate TTS it splits w or ds wi th l o ts of sp ace s, so it renders TTS and copy functions as useless. I wrote to Mantano as at £6.69 it's the most expensive single app I've bought, I had the following response:
" Thank you for your email. Yes we are aware of the issue that you report. It is caused by the software component (from Adobe) that we are using to parse the PDF. We are investigating fixes but we currently have nothing really satisfying. We don't let it be, we'll try to fix but it might take longer than we'd like..."
This is unacceptable as far as I'm concerned for a paid app, ezPDF can cope well with pdfs, but the interface is the equivalent of an ageing digital turd.
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akxak said:
I have MoonReader, what I missed is the direct integration of eBook stores (buying and downloading).
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It does support OPDS though. Depending on where you get your books it is supported
Cirno5 said:
It does support OPDS though. Depending on where you get your books it is supported
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Thanks for the hint... now I just need to get the part working after login (I am always sent to the web site instead of showing the content of the private section inside the app).
As Aldiko still just closes all support requests without answering, I contacted Google for a refund. And I got the refund.
So, as a result people should clearly thing before buying Aldiko with regard to the support policy and the behaviour in fixing bugs.
I like iReader Pro, has no problems with everything I throw at it (epub, prc, mob), works well.
It is free on the p[lay store and has no ads that I've seen. Liked it from Gingerbread over Aldiko...
Give it a shot... Price is right...
I used to use Moon reader, but now I tend to just upload my drm free books to google play and use the play book reader. It syncs, it reads to you (with ivona voice amy, it's tolerable) and it stays in your cloud library. And it has the smoothest 3d page turn animation. I usually end up buying a Kindle ebook, use calibre plug in to dedrm in windows then convert to epub then either upload to google play on the pc, or upload it later when accessing my calibre library with the calibre companion app.
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Try cool reader. Its not as fancy as others but it has more settings than any other reader. You can really adjust your reading environment. It also supports tts. I own the others but i usally use cool reader.
Woody
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Until they get it fixed you might try fbreader. Been using it for quite a while now without issue.
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The reader is meanwhile updated and fixed.

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