eBook Readers

see also: eBooks

Note: Several dedicated ebook readers are mentioned here but many other devices - including laptop, tablet, netbook, PC, PDA, iPod Touch, iPhone, and Blackberry devices (among others) - will play ebooks as well.

2010: E-Book Buyer's Guide to E-Book Privacy
A guide to the privacy policies and behaviours of several popular ebook readers from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
eBook Reader Review: Top Ten Reviews
Links to reviews of this site's top-10 rated ebook readers and a comparison table for handy reference.
eReader Guide
"We compare all 16 eBook readers on the market, so you can pick the model best suited to you. If you're new, check out eReader Basics first, or go straight to the Comparison Table below."
Getting Started with eBooks
A helpful diagram showing some popular ebook readers, the formats they support, where to get the reader apps or software, and related info.
Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire
November 2011 comparison of the two new popular tablet ereaders.
TeleRead E-Book Primer Part One: What is an e-book?
TeleRead E-book Primer Part Two: Formats
"The purpose of this guide is to give someone who knows absolutely nothing about e-books the tools he needs to make an informed decision about what kind of e-book device, if any, to buy."

Amazon Kindle
Popular ebook reader allows users access to a library of subscribed materials and rss feeds. Only materials in plain text, unsecure mobipocket, and Amazon's own propriatary format can be natively read on most Kindles; the DX adds .pdf support.
Barnes & Noble: Nook
Capable of 'lending' ebooks, can read .pdf (but not .doc files) as well as standard epub formats. Easy access to books via Barnes & Noble's online store.
BeBook
E-Ink device which can play a variety of formats including Secure (DRM) mobipocket, but not Secure .pdf, lit, or epub.
iRex and iLiad
iRex offers eInk ebook readers with both wireless capability and the ability to upload and download to a PC.
Sony Reader
Sony offers ebook readers which support a variety of formats, including .pdf, and allow wireless downloading of content.

eBook Reader Software

Adobe Reader for mobile devices
Software to translate Adobe (.pdf) files into formats readable on mobile devices such as Pocket PC and Palm OS, and the software to install on those devices to read with.
Documents To Go
Software for Palm, Blackberry, Android, iPhone, and Windows Mobile devices.
eReader
Free and paid versions of this software are available for Mac, Unix, Windows, Palm, Pocket PC, Blackberry, iPhone, iPod Touch, Windows Mobile, and Symbian devices.
FBReader
Open-source reader for Windows and Linux; it can read ePub, plucker, and non-DRM'd Mobipocket formats, among others.
iSilo
Popular software for Palm, Pocket PC, Windows CE handhelds, and Windows. The separate iSiloX componant enables the creation of iSilo documents from HTML pages.
Microsoft Reader
"A free, downloadable software application that allows you to read eBooks on Windows-based devices." Includes both desktop and PDA versions.
Mobipocket
Reader for desktop, PDA, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, and some dedicated ebook readers.

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