PocketMatrix

I've done quite a bit of reading on PPCs over the years. First off, you are quite right - MS Reader sucks.

The real issue is what book formats you want to read. .lit is only supported by MS Reader, although there are programs you can use to convert them. Personally, I get on Kazaa and download the pdf, txt or html of the eBook, and then do some quick formatting (like a Find / Replace to remove all < br > tags) and convert it to html. For example I own The Hobbit in print, but I wanted to read it on my PPC. Peronally, I prefer to purchase the real hard-copy of the book (say in paperback, or even second-hand at a used book store) and then download from Kazaa the digital version so I have both formats.

Of all the readers I've tried, (pronounced MicroBook) is my favorite. It supports portrait and landscape, has tons of preferences (including multiple types of font smoothing), can automatically generate table of contents based on text formatting, etc. It can also read inside of zip files. It supports txt and html, which is why I acquire my eBooks in html or convert it myself.

Dan East

In case you give µBook a try, here are my font settings:

Smooth Fonts
Method: RGB
RGB Orientation: LEFT
RGB Distribution: Central 3, Near 2 and Far 1
Contrast: Low
Default Font: Frutiger Linotype
Default Size: Medium
Size: 15
Bolding: 1
Spacing: 0
Indent is 11 Pixels or 1/32 of a Page Width
Interline is 0 Pixels or 1/5 of a Line Height

Display Orientation is Landscape Right

I couldn't agree more. I recommend µBook to everyone. You can read just about every format with it without the need to convert it. RTF, TXT, HTML.. It even reads Palm ebooks in PDB and PRC! Straight off the card without conversion!

You get a ton of options that aren't in MS reader; font size, color, background, links, everything you'll ever want is in there. You can even use your own fonts without conversion in µBook.

Dan neglected to mention the best thing about it: It's totally free! It doesn't cost you a single cent. Try it; I'll guarantee you'll love it.

Not tried this, but heres a site that may work:

http://tecnodude.tripod.com/

With a ittle tinkering ubook actually lets you have a full screen background picture. Though I suggest that you use photoshop or the gimp to change the contrast and brightness so you can stll read the text. :-p

It's a good thing I posted my settings here. I had a hard reset and lost them.

Dan East