ePUB reader Freda adds Sky Drive integration

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Freda, an app for reading eBooks (ePUB, HTML and TXT frmats), has been updated to version 2.5. The new version adds the ability to download books from Sky Drive, removes the limitation on the number of books you can store on your device and improves DropBox integration.

If you're looking for a standalone eBook reader for Windows Phone then Freda is a worthy contender. It has good ePUB format support (basic formatting, margins and images) and its ability to load books from multiple sources (on-line catalogs and cloud storage services) makes it very easy to get books on to your device. A comprehensive settings page lets you control how the text is displayed (fonts, colour, size) and there's also support for bookmarks, annotations and dictionary look ups / translations.

Developer's description:

Freda is a free program for reading electronic books (ebooks) on Windows Phone. It reads EPUB (DRM-free), HTML and TXT format books. The program offers customisable controls, fonts and colours, plus annotations and bookmarks, and the ability to look up dictionary definitions and translations. Freda understands EPUB formatting information (such as bold/italic text, margins and alignment) and can display images and diagrams in books.

You can download books from on-line catalogs like Feedbooks, Smashwords and the Gutenberg Project. Or if you have an existing book collection, you can use SkyDrive, DropBox or Calibre to share it with your phone. Freda can also download books from any website, using an in-application web-browser (which works even for sites – like O’Reilly – that require cookie-based authentication). You can download books and keep them on your phone, so you can carry on reading when you don't have network connectivity, and you can pin your favourite books to the Start page.

Freda, which has been developed by UK based TurnipSoft, is available, for free, from the Windows Phone Marketplace. There's also a commercial version (£0.79 / €0.99 / $0.99), which is identical but has no ads. In addition there is Freda-Chinese, a version designed for viewing Chinese language books.

More information is available on the TurnipSoft website.

Other eBook options you may want to consider for your Windows Phone device include Bookviser, Amazon Kindle, and Tiny eBook Reader.

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