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Editors’ Review

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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.

What’s new in version 1.5.37

Version 1.5.37 improved to the Gutenberg catalogue.
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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
1.5.37
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 98
  • Windows 95
  • Windows NT
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Vista
Additional Requirements
None
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
8,093
Downloads Last Week
1
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Developer’s Description

By Spacejock Software
Get the e-book reader for your PC.
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.
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