Manybooks.net readers use Palm, Pocket PC, desktop PC
Manybooks.net, one of a group of excellent websites that distribute Project Gutenberg etexts, often in enhanced formats, has closed its poll in which it asked: “How do you read eBooks?” (meaning: which device do you use). The results are: Palm (50%), Pocket PC (21%), desktop PC (18%), and miscelaneous other devices making up the rest.
Proprietor Matthew McClintock started the poll after I had expressed my surprise at the popularity of PDF at Manybooks.net, which is downloaded considerably more often than any other format. People in the TeleRead comments section pointed out that PDF may be so popular, because it can be printed out. In the meantime Manybooks.net has started to provide large print PDFs of all its (10,000+) books, for the folks who like those beter.
February 13th, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Thanks for following up on this, Branko–and thanks to Matt as well. – David
February 14th, 2006 at 3:07 pm
There doesn’t seem to have been a “Printed out after I download them ” option
in the poll. I won’der how that might (or might not) have changed the results?
February 16th, 2006 at 9:06 pm
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