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Old 07-14-2008, 11:41 AM   #1
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Question Is there any program to read e-books in Linux ?


Hi boys !

Is there any program to read e-books in Linux ?

How should i do ?


I have about 1000 e-books and,until i find a program,i could not read them within Linux..re-booting in Vista only for this is just the latest,latest,latest option..

Thank you for your time

 
Old 07-14-2008, 11:59 AM   #2
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http://tuxmobil.org/ebook.html
http://www.fbreader.org/
http://blog.sandipb.net/2005/03/30/i...-ebook-reader/
Any of these pages may be helpful to you
 
Old 07-14-2008, 12:00 PM   #3
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hello

for .pdf ebooks, i use 'epdfview'.

for .chm ebooks, i use 'xchm'.
 
Old 07-14-2008, 12:34 PM   #4
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fbreader, adobe reader, gnochm, ....
 
Old 07-14-2008, 12:59 PM   #5
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thank you,i've downloaded them all..but some ones have .lit extension and can't be read,for them what can i do ?

Cheers
 
Old 07-14-2008, 01:34 PM   #6
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a quick Google search for '.lit Linux' returns info about the convert-lit program...
http://www.convertlit.com/download.php


on Debian or Ubuntu you would simply apt-get install clit

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Old 07-14-2008, 01:53 PM   #7
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I use plucker www.plkr.org/download
 
Old 07-14-2008, 05:12 PM   #8
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Wink thank you !

thank you !

I will install them all and look how they work-


cheers
 
  


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