DS as a book reader

Post by **kinn** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:33 pm

I think the DS with its 2 screens would be ideal as some kind of book reader. I've not been keeping up to date on the DS homebrew scene but last time I checked there wasnt any app that does this. So does anyone know if there is an app for something like this?

Post by **Adderall** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:50 pm

I don't know of anything, but please post what you find out.

Post by **lordofduct** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:56 pm

that is a good idea... hrmmm... doesn't sound very hard.

GANK! (I'll give you credit of course)

Post by **Pullmyfinger** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:39 pm

some cards have "ebook" function but the only format supported is txt

Post by **diehllane** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:45 pm

In Japan, Nintendo released Bungaku Zenshuu wiht 100 pack in books I believe. You just drag the stylus to flip through pages.

http://russrenshaw.newsvine.com/_news/2 ... ook-reader

http://www.siliconera.com/2007/10/23/ni ... tisements/

Here is an app for the e-reader mentioned by someone else

http://www.ds-xtra.com/ReadMore

Post by **executioner** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:58 pm

yeah, read that txt only for now. would be nice to have something like bookr for the psp that reads pdf.

Post by **Adderall** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:14 am

in addition to displaying other formats, I think it's very important that you can adjust how the words are displayed. that brain age training game had a mini-game where you had to read pages and I could tell that if it were a real ebook my eyes wouldn't like it after a while... too bright

Post by **kinn** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:20 pm

diehllane wrote:In Japan, Nintendo released Bungaku Zenshuu wiht 100 pack in books I believe. You just drag the stylus to flip through pages.

http://russrenshaw.newsvine.com/_news/2 ... ook-reader

http://www.siliconera.com/2007/10/23/ni ... tisements/

Here is an app for the e-reader mentioned by someone else

http://www.ds-xtra.com/ReadMore

That sounds ideal. Any ideas if this is coming out in the rest of the world?

And thanks for the links!

Post by **fastbilly1** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:22 pm

It would be ideal for me if there is plucker support. I know I know, but a good chunk of older ebooks are only in plucker, and I havent had the time to convert them. Also you can usually fit more in the same space as txt. I know on my old Zire71 I could fit six books in txt, or fifteen in plucker.