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yBook offers you the opportunity to read books on your computer screen. While the design worked about as well as we could have wanted, a single flaw limited us to only a few book formats for download.
This program's design is very impressive, thanks in part to its simplicity and intuitive layout. While its Help file is unfortunately buried in the Windows Start menu and not on the book reader itself, we felt that all user levels could navigate this program without its aid. While yBook was not as easy as reading a physical book, it felt pretty similar and we enjoyed its simple interface. We were pleased with how easily pages were turned, fonts were adjusted, and all options were accessed. Another feature that we were pleased to find was adjustable page-turn speed. In addition, opening other books worked well and our bookmark was kept as we opened and closed a work.
The only flaw we found with yBook was its incompatibility with many file types. The program accepts only a few basic formats, such as .txt, but does not support other common formats, like .doc and .jpg. This will severely limit your ability to use yBook on much reading material. While this disappointed us, we were pleased enough with the books we did test to say that readers looking for an electronic-book reader should give this freeware a try.
Publisher's Description
From Spacejock Software:
yBook is an e-book reader which will load text files and display the contents on side-by-side pages just like an open book (Supports TXT, TEXT, HTML and RTF files). You can resize the book, adjust the margins, and change the text and paper colors and search for words or phrases. yBook will automatically bookmark every file you open and will also let you pick any font installed in your system. You can set the text size from 7 to 24 points and because yBook automatically reformats the text to fit the page you will never suffer from panning fever or scrolling madness. As a nice little bonus, yBook will display a book cover if you put it in the same path as the book itself.
What's new in this version: Version 1.5.37 improved to the Gutenberg catalogue.
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"Okay for simple uses"
Version: yBook 1.5.32
Pros
-Simple to use
-You can easily adjust the font, font color, background texture to change for individual reader needs
-Loads: .HTML and .TXT ebooks nicely in a paperback format
-Easy to use bookmarkingCons
-Will not load: .LIT, .PDB, .PDF versions.
-There are arrows in the display but are not used for turning pages. Instead you have to click your mouse on the right column to turn forward, and click on the left to go back a page (Arrow Keys work, too)Summary
I like the style and customization of the reader which gives it an on other readers. However, Its incompatibility with other common (and popular) ebook extensions will limit its usage greatly.
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"The Reader I Was Looking For"
Version: yBook 1.5.29
Pros
This allows me to read books that are in the public domain without converting them to a proprietary format, paying for what should be free (like Shakespeare or J.M. Barrie), or paying for the reader. It's simple, free, and it gets it right.,
Cons
It could have more options. The column editing / page formatting could take some cues from text editors like OpenOffice.org Writer. The update from the previous version did not work automatically (error messages), which is why I came here.
Summary
Good, simple, effective, and free. I can read the files I want without any headaches, in a pleasing format (faux paper texture!). I hunted for a while to find a good way to read books in text file format, and I was very happy to find this reader. It also comes with a method to publish your own works in a proprietary format if you want. Neat?
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