There are many applications to read ebooks on desktop PC, Usually developer of these apps also make it compatible to some portable devices like PDA phone and iPhone. here are some of good resources to collect ebooks also some applications to read ebooks
stanza
Reading on a bulky desktop or on a laptop with limited battery life is not for everyone. That’s why Stanza Desktop features the ability to export your reading material to a wide array of formats that can be read on your mobile device. Our native iPhone/iPod Touch Stanza application (available for free from the Apple App Store) can share books with Stanza Desktop wirelessly, so you can take your books on the road and read them wirelessly — no internet connection required!
Stanza Desktop can also export to MobiPocket, enabling you to use the popular MobiPocket Reader to read your exported book on your Blackberry, PocketPC, Palm OS, Nokia Series 60, Sony Ericsson UIQ, and many other mobile devices. You no longer need to carry a large stack of books with you on your summer vacation. Just load up your phone or mobile device with months of reading, and enjoy a lightweight summer of reading bliss!
2. Bookself for iPhone and iPod touch
BookShelf is an easy to use electronic book reader for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Available through the AppStore, BookShelf installs easily on your mobile device. Paired with the ShelfServer application on your desktop, you can easily download books from your computer to your device and start reading instantly.
Some of BookShelf’s features include:
- Read in portrait or landscape with the ability to “lock-in” an orientation regardless of the device’s current position.
- Add named bookmarks to any document type.
- Auto-scroll at various speeds to read “hands-free”.
- Support for large files — no upper limit on size, and files as large as 10MB open in seconds.
- Color themes for foreground and background color.
- User selectable font and size
- Easy interface to download books from your desktop OR from online book stores
- Completely off-line usage. Once downloaded to the device, books can be read without an Internet connection, even in airplane mode.
Some websites provide ebooks with many format and categories, here are some of them
• Feedbooks (http://feedbooks.com)
• Fictionwise (http://fictionwise.com)
• ManyBooks (http://manybooks.net)
• panMacmillan (www.panmacmillan.com)
• cyberRead (www.cyberread.com)
• project Gutenberg (http://gutenberg.org)
More good resources to read ebooks on iphone can be found here..
