Depends on what you want --- do you want to view .pdfs or .html or .txt files?
- The Glassbookreader / Adobe eBook Reader is best for .pdfs (so long as
they're not so new a version that it can't open them). If not you'll have to
get Adobe Reader 6 (if you've got Win98SE) or 7 (2000 or XP only need apply)
which inherited many of the features from Glassbook. The former two can also be
used for .html files --- but rotation is disabled for them.
- For .html texts the muBook program from
http://www.gowerpoint.com/uBook_main.html is quite nice. Remembers one's place
(hmm, now it'll read .chm files --- wasn't someone asking for that a while
back?). Unfortunately it seems to no longer be truly free --- registration is
required (and one can buy a license for $12 and is crippled until registered it
seems, but licensing and registering seem to be two different things?).
- ybook is perfect for .txt files.
http://www.spacejock.com/yBook.html (and
it's still free) --- also does .html files (though I've not tried it for them)
There're also format-specific readers like :
- Microsoft's ebook reader ``Microsoft reader''
http://www.microsoft.com/reader/download.asp
- Palm .doc -
http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com/products/palmreader/free
and here's a page listing lots of programs (not all of which may be free
though)
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/E-Books/Readers/Software/
William