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DMcCunney wrote:Which library system is yours part of?

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The NYPL, and most other library systems, use Overdrive as the eBook source. ...

The Las Vegas and Clark County library system uses Overdrive. The App they have for download to Windows based systems is Adobe Digital Editions 2.0. That's for ePub format. Kindle versions download through Amazon. Or you can use the Overdrive online reader with any browser -- provided you have an Internet connection.

DMcCunney wrote:

For non-DRM e-books the eBook Reader in Calibre is more than adequate for any eBook format I've found.

Assuming you are at the machine on which Calibre is installed, it's dandy. If you are on a mobile device, it's not an option.

I primarily use Calibre to reformat to AZW3 and port to my Kindle for non-DRM works. I usually don't have any trouble converting PDFs as long as they're text and not scanned page-images.

Weird Harold wrote:I primarily use Calibre to reformat to AZW3 and port to my Kindle for non-DRM works. I usually don't have any trouble converting PDFs as long as they're text and not scanned page-images.

How well it works depends on the PDF. For simple PDFs with text in a single column and inline illustrations, results can be acceptable. Anything more complex, like multi-column PDFs, goes to hell in a bucket fast.

I generally don't try to read PDFs on the tablet. While it's possible to create PDFs that reflow to fit the device screen, most PDFs aren't created with the required tagging, and the PDF viewer on device has to support it. Sideways scrolling to read PDFs designed for larger screens in portrait mode is actively painful, and viewing in landscape and scrolling down isn't a lot better.

I ave that for the desktop with the big monitor.

(Attempting to view multi-column PDFs on devices that do try to reflow to fit the screen produces unreadable but amusing results... )
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Dennis