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eBook Software
Guide picks
Learn about software available to ebook readers, as well as publishers of books in digital formats.

Top 10 Free Ebook Publishing Software
Your Guide selects the best free software packages for creating ebooks. All software listed here is completely free, with no time limits or nag screens. You can use them to create your ebooks, or just to test the various formats available.

Top 5 ePublishing Programs for the Mac
Even though the bulk of electronic publishing software is for the Windows operating system, that doesn't mean Mac users are left out in the cold. Mac users can create ebooks in many formats, from cross platform to Mac only, with the software listed here.

eBook Readers for Palm Devices
With Palm Pilots gaining popularity, there's no shortage of applications to help turn those hand held tools into ebook readers.

Acrobat eBook Reader / Glassbook Reader
A downloadable software program that enables you to read high-fidelity electronic books on your laptop, notebook, or desktop PC.

Activ EBook Compiler
Creates a Windows executable ebook from a set of standard HTML pages.

Adobe Acrobat
Acrobat lets you convert any document into an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file, with its original appearance preserved, then distribute it for viewing and printing on any system.

Document Publisher Suite
Compiles standard HTML files with graphics into a single encrypted file viewable by anyone using the free viewer program.

eBook Generator
eBook compiler that converts HTML documents into an executable windows program.

Electronic Book Shell
A free program that creates something between an e-book and a Web bookmark collection.

Gnarly
Gnarly is an Open Source *nix substitution for the software that comes with the NuvoMedia Rocket eBook.

GutenBook
Gutenbook is a graphical interface for browsing, downloading and reading Project Gutenberg Etexts on Linux. It is protected under the GNU GPL.

KeeBoo
A nifty little program that turns Web pages, Word documents, images and more into on-screen books. Advertising supported.

GutenPalm
GutenPalm is document reader for the Palm Pilot. GutenPalm is Free Software released under the GNU General Public License.

MobiBook
A free e-book reader for Windows CE Palm-size PC, HPC, HPCPro or your Palm Pilot, Palm III, V or VII devices, and free publishing software to create MobiBook compatible e-books.

Night Kitchen TK3
Electronic publishing tool. Still a little crash-prone, but creates fabulous looking, powerful and dynamic ebooks.

Rbmake
Rbmake is a "book maker" for the Rocket eBook. It consists of a set of commandline tools that assemble or disassemble .rb files -- the book format that is native to the ReB.

ReaderWorks Publisher
Adesktop software application that quickly and easily builds and customizes eBooks for Microsoft® Reader for commercial sale and distribution.

ReaderWorks Standard
A free application for creating non-commerical Microsoft Reader e-books. Automatically builds the eBook title by selecting a single Open eBook Specification Package File. Includes input filters for HTML, text and image file formats.

Reed
A free scrolling etext reader for unix/linux.

RocketWriter
Create your own e-books for the NuvoMedia Rocket eBook™ with this program.

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