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Tiny eBook Reader version 2.0–available for the Pocket PC, though not yet the Smartphone–now can read unencrypted or unlocked e-books in the Microsoft .lit format. It also does ASCII files, including zipped versions.

I haven’t tried the new flavor yet–but intend to. If you want a fast, no-frills reader, this $12 program may be It, based on my experience with Version 1. One negative: No HTML. But perhaps that’ll be on the way in Version 3.0.

For .lit books in the public domain, check out such sites as manybooks.net, the University of Virginia etext collection and one of my favorite multiformat sites, Blackmask (both commercial and public domain).

And don’t forget the unencrypted .lit books on e-bookstore sites such as Fictionwise and our linking partner eBookAd.

Update, 5:45 p.m.: Golden Crater Developer Jim Koornneef says HTML will show up in 2.5 in a basic form without attributes such as bold and italics. The attributes will come in 3.0. For a future version, too, he’ll also investigate the possibility of letting users import desktop fonts, just as can happen with Mobipocket. Way to go, Jim!

 
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