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Which book reader do you use?

I like the selection of kindle books the best but I don't really like the app. I like to hold it in landscape and see the two pages side by side but either I can't do that with the kindle app or I just haven't figured out how to do it. Also I don't like that I can't change the font.

I have a few bn.com books because I had a gift card from there so I have read about 4 books in this app...I really like this app but wish that they had sepia.

ibooks is absolutely gorgeous. I love ibooks. The only thing I don't like about iBooks is if it is a nice sunny day and i want to read outside, I don't have a device to sync it too to be able to do that. (i don't have a kindle or a nook either but it is nice to know that the option to buy one is there if I feel like I need it). Also iBooks doesn't have a lot to pick from.

I haven't had any problems finding popular fiction books in any of the apps i've tried but as far as reference books that would be helpful at work...they are only available on kindle.
 
Book Lending

I use Barnes & Noble. I use the notes and highligh features, but the most important feature for me is the ability to lend books that are purchased between , myself, my mom, and my daughter.

The downside is that you can only lend a book once, but I really love the feature.
 
I use iBooks, the Kindle app, and the B&N app. I'll use whichever has the book I want to read available.

iBooks is the better app, in my opinion. (And I love it for reading PDFs).

One thing about the B&N app that drives me nuts is when switching orientations, it'll lose your place within a margin of plus-or-minus 3 pages. That's really annoying.
 
I use mostly the Kindle app. The iBooks app is nice as well, but there aren't too many books available in the bookstore.
 
I had tons of books in .txt .lit and PDF format. Using Calibre I have been able to convert them and put them in my drop box.

Opening goodreader I was able to import them from dropbox to my iPad, and then using manage books in goodreader I was given the option to open them in Stanza, there was no option to open them in iBooks.

Hence I have been using stanza for my reading purposes.

I like the way you can change the brightness by just swiping your finger up or down the screen, it has nice sepia toned pages available and I just feel comfortable using it.

All in all as much as I like the iBooks app, I do feel it is a tad style over function, not that it is not a joy to use, I just feel that the printed word does not need bells And whistles such as page turning graphics to highlight my reading experience. I can only imagine the effects are there to entice people who generally would not read a book into thinking of it more as a computer user interface thereby tricking the lazy non reader into reading.
 
I use them all and chose the book first obviously by availability and secondly price. Everyone has different reading preferences but it seems the authors I have been most interested in lately B&N had the books that Amazon and Apple failed to have. As for preferences, just like real books you are going to encounter differences and I just accept that. However, given price and availability, if equal, I will first buy Apple on the iBook. If Apple doesn't have it and equal price I will buy B&N over Amazon if equal in price. Why? I prefer to read in landscape mode and Apple and B&N provide the two page side by side mode. Another thing I do is have more than one book being read at any one time. Having them hot on open on various readers is nice so I don't forget I am reading them. So, I use Stanza a lot for the free classics.

The great thing about the iPad is your not locked into limited sources. All are available. Funny I just said that and my local library system just went live with e-book lending today and they use Overdrive which does not support either the iPad or the Kindle. I don't know what they were thinking locking out probably the two most popular readers.

Hopefully some day these companies will come to their senses and you will be able to download from any company and read on the reader of your choice.
 
Still using the Kindle app, as I like having my books in more than one place to read (still own a Kindle).
 
I have iBooks, Kindle, B&N, Borders, and Free Books installed. I mostly use iBooks followed by Kindle. I also have books in the B&N and Borders because they were either free or not available in the others.

I also shop around. I can take or leave the fake page flips.
 
B&N sucks ass if you're not a US resident. IBooks likewise has v.limited stuff outside of the states. Kindle therefore internationally is the superstar.
 
Kindle all the way. It hurts my eyes to read on my iPhone for long periods of time due to the backlighting, even when the screen is dimmed almost all the way. I usually leave the Kindle at home and use the iPhone app for random times when I'm out and need it (waiting rooms, etc). The Kindle is saved for long reading sessions before bed, on weekends, etc. It's great - it really does look a lot like real paper. Sometimes it's just nice to put my phone and computer away, grab a book, and read without texts or calls or push notifications distracting me every ten minutes. :) Oh, and having access to my books on the desktop is a must for me. When it's slow at work, I can open up my Kindle desktop app and look like I'm working :p
 
i bought the iPad

my question was within iPad, which software reader do you prefer? and why?
 
iBooks all the way. I've collected a large amount of epub files over the last couple of years and just loaded them all into iBooks.
 
chris650 said:
i bought the iPad

my question was within iPad, which software reader do you prefer? and why?
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Ahhh I see. Well by asking "which e reader we used, it could have meant devices too. And for some of the readers, the hardware and software go together so well, they become one and the same. For example, I chose
the kindle app over iBooks, mostly because I liked having it sync
to a third party reading device. So for me, the added hardware is really a feature to the Kindle platform, more than anything else. Although that goes either way - I know some people who hate having a million devices to keep track of! To each his own I guess.
 
ibooks is defiantly the way to go. I would however consider using the BN app because they have a ton more books available compared to ibooks. I enjoy reading fantasy/sci-fi books and the BN has these in far more abundance than the ibooks one does.
 
I can't help but feel either Amazon is intentionally crippling the ipad app or still too far behind in development compared to Kindle device. The default font in Kindle is much better than Times New Roman to begin with...
 
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