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Ebooks and the 770

I really got into reading ebooks with my Toshiba e805, one of the first PocketPCs that sported a near-VGA screen. Reading on it was pleasant and very easy on the eyes. So I've been anxious for the 770 to take over as my primary ebook device-- the beautiful screen is certainly up to it. So far I haven't been disappointed in the least.

We are lucky enough to have two options on the 770 - Plucker and FBReader. I've looked at both and FBReader is the clear winner for the 770. FB is super quick, supports plucker formatted books and has a deeper set of options on the 770 than does the current Plucker viewer. The killer feature is landscape rotation- just click the center button on the 770. It's amazing how fast the 770 and FB render pages-- this is the speed that I would like to see on the 770 for all applications.

There are a few good places I've found for content.

• Plucker Books - get your books already plucked
• Mobile Read's E-Book Resources Forum - this is a great place to watch for newly released works
• Manybooks
• 
  Project Gutenberg
  can now dynamically create plucker formats!

There was an interesting, passionate letter written by Roger Sperberg to Nokia- wherein he addressed many salient points regarding the 770 and ebookery, namely, that Nokia should be working on pre-loading a ebook reader app (FBreader) and free ebooks with the 770.

Fbreader and Plucker screen shots.