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The last time I read ebooks on an x86 device was before Pocket PCs got color displays. Are there people who really want to do that?

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I read almost exclusively on a x86 device: A Windows Tablet.

This is almost entirely because Windows 8 has the best touch-screen browser available on any platform: Internet Explorer Metro Edition (from a UX perspective, the actual browser internals are horrible). I've also written all my own server-side componentry[1].

1: https://github.com/fake-name/ReadableWebProxy

Speaking of UX, Windows 10 has (IMO) the best touch-screen UX ever invented, and as a bonus, you get an OS that's not a toy. I'm saddened that MS didn't break through into the mobile market (too little released too late; since they didn't have a competitively-sized app store, they should have included more functionality in the OS itself), and I hope they'll keep the touchscreen-friendly mode in Windows for years to come - I'm not touching another Android tablet if I can avoid it.

I do sometimes. I love my Kindle, and use it almost daily, for fiction and literature.

But for work and hobbies I am flooded with PDF's (some spec sheets, but a lot of actual technical books). I tried different eBook readers, tablets etc. And I have found out I prefer reading them on my hires desktop monitor, where I can google details etc. And it's there that I usually need them.

Also comics. For some reason I prefer to look at them on my monitor than on tablet. Not sure why, because tablets seem like tailor made for this.

Let me introduce you to BookFusion. BookFusion allows you to easily organize your eBooks regardless of format(PDF, MOBI,EPUB,DOC,TXT, FB2, CBZ and others) while allowing you to easily read on your desktop(Web), Android and iOS devices.

You are able to easily send books to your Kindle from the same app using our Send To Kindle feature.

More details at https://www.bookfusion.com/reading/cloud-library

PS: I am the founder of BookFusion and would appreciate any feedback that you might have.

Looks interesting. Can it auto-crop the whitespace from around comic panels like some readers do?

I'm not sure how to comfortably read a pdf without my laptop. I'm sure a tablet would be the best choice, but my laptop is fine for it.

I do. I'm using a Microsoft Surface Go for reading using multiple apps at the moment:

- Freda for ebooks

- Latermark for articles stored using Pocket

- Libby for ebooks borrowed from my local library

- SumatraPDF for PDF documents and CBZ comics

The tablet form factor lets me read while in bed and, as long as I occasionally pay attention to my surroundings, while walking.

I do, regularly. I read books on my phone on the go, then pick it up at a computer (and I do this across multiple computers) when I'm at a computer, and vice-versa.

What do you use to read your eBooks now? Also does your current solution sync all elements of your eBook activities across multiple devices?

Take BookFusion for a spin and let me know what you think. BookFusion allows you to easily read your entire eBook collection and sync your bookmarks, reading progress, highlights and comments across all devices. BookFusion has native Android, iOS and Web apps.

More at https://www.bookfusion.com/reading/cloud-library

I use Google Books.

It syncs all elements of all of my activities across all platforms (Windows, OS X, Android, iOS) that I use. My main issue with it is that I can't download the stuff I uploaded, so it's not really good as a storage/backup solution, but that's fairly minor.

Thanks for sharing. As you mentioned it works well for Google based books but you cant download the books your upload.

Would be interesting to hear your feedback if you decide to try BookFusion

It works well for all of my books; I've only bought one or two books through the Play Store, and everything else I've uploaded.

Does BookFusion let me re-download books I've uploaded?

I read a fair deal on breaks at work, and split between Calibre and read.amazon.com depending on where I bought the ebook.

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