September 14th, 2009
Shortcovers has ePub ebooks for reading enjoyment on several platforms
While there are now thousands of applications for the Google Android platform, one area that has very few alternatives is the ebook reader category. Several months ago I did find the Shortcovers application and ebook store. At the time I tried it though you needed a connection to read books on the Android since only a certain number of pages were available. That has appeared to change now with downloadable books, but even better for me personally is that I read on MobileRead that you can now browse, purchase, and download books in ePub format for the Sony Reader and several other dedicated ebook readers. To compete with Amazon, Shortcovers even offers many of the latest and greatest books for just US$9.99 and I think I have found my new online ebook store to use across multiple platforms.
Their ePub books can be loaded onto the following devices using the Adobe Digital Editions free software from your Mac or PC:
- Sony Reader (PRS-300, 600, 505, 700)
- Asktak EZ Reader or EZ Reader Pocket Pro (see my review)
- BeBook (One, Mini)
- Bookeen (Cybook Opus, Gen 3)
- COOL-ER Classic
- Elonex eBook 600
- HanLin eBook (V3, V5)
- REX Digital Reader 1000S
- Neolux NUUT2
You can also read these ePub title on your PC or Mac using the same Adobe Digital Editions software that you use to transfer the books to your dedicated reader. As you can see the folks at Shortcovers want to enable you to read your ebooks on just about any platform available, unlike the Amazon Kindle format currently just for Kindle devices and iPhones/iPod touches.
In addition to the ePub formatted books for download and installation on your ebook reader, they currently have mobile clients for the iPhone/iPod touch, BlackBerry, Google Android, and Palm WebOS platforms with clients for Symbian and Windows Mobile under development.
Matthew Miller is an avid mobile device enthusiast who works during the day as a professional naval architect in Seattle. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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