Review: TomeRaider 3

The ebook market keeps trying to get off the ground. In the early on days of ebooks, Microsoft and Adobe were the heavy hitters, both pushing their corresponding software and ebook formats. Both gained momentum, sputtered and died. The second wave of ebooks has been with hardware readers from Sony and Amazon. The Kindle and the Kindle Two have become one of the more sought subsequently gadgets on the market.

The end result of this instability is that the trivial fish in the ebook swimming accept been able to garner something of a cult following. Ane such fiddling fish is TomeRaider. While it doesn't accept the bankroll of a heavyweight like Microsoft or Adobe (or fifty-fifty Amazon), TomeRaider makes up for this in a number of other ways.

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Awarding

TomeRaider reads files that are encoded using the .tr3 file format. As is fairly standard with ebooks, individual books can be broken up into chapters for easy navigation. Bookmarks tin can also exist used to hold your identify. ClearType, which is a Microsoft Technology that uses anti-aliasing to heighten readability, is supported besides. TomeRaider files are also fully searchable, assuasive you to discover what you are looking for with ease.

One thing worth mentioning is that TomeRaider seems to accept a focus on reference material. For example, some of the content that is prominently displayed on the TomeRaider home page are things like WikiPedia and IMDB; both of which are huge cyberspace based databases. In that location is some additional functionality congenital into TomeRaider that lends itself to browsing this kind of massive repository of information. Filters in particular allow y'all to access data based on category information embedded within the file.

Content

Like the host of ebook readers earlier, TomeRaider uses its own file format to store content. Different the aforementioned ebook heavyweights, TomeRaider doesn't take the massive content market with which to serve up content. Most of the content available on TomeRaider's website is freely available elsewhere on the cyberspace. The upside that TomeRaider gives you is that this content is available offline. Additionally, all of the content on the TomeRaider site is costless; the desktop version also allows you to create your own .tr3 files, giving you access to a number of additional resources on the internet (such as Project Gutenberg).

Determination

This 1 actually depends on what you're wanting. I found the software side of things to be functional, but mostly no-frills. There wasn't much in the style of knock-your-socks-off features or anything like that. Content wise, I establish some classic books that are amongst my favorites. And the ability to create .tr3 files from text is very appealing given the sheer size of something similar Project Gutenberg. I personally don't find the thought of carrying something like Wikipedia or IMDB in my pocket to be amid my priorities, only the referenceware bent of TomeRaider isn't a bad awarding for a software solution of this nature.

The lesser line is that if yous're looking for a way to comport some books around, give TomeRaider a attempt. I but wouldn't expect to find any recent best sellers in the list of available content, and the $38 price indicate is pretty high.