[Info-vax] somewhat off-topic: command line on iOS

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rt4lqe$j59$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman
<seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes: 

> I am not familiar with the tolino ePub system, nor with its hosting and 
> storage and backup requirements.

Several major brick-and-mortar bookstores in several European countries 
support it.  The cloud is hosted by Germany's biggest phone company.  
One can buy eBooks in the stores and they appear directly in the cloud 
and can be downloaded, or one can upload files via a USB cable (or via 
the built-in webbrowser).  The device itself is similar to a Kindle.  
There is also an app (useful for colour and/or high-resolution stuff).  
One can synchronize reading and notes across devices.  Supports 
Adobe-ID.  

Worked fine for 5 years.  :-(

I'm just wondering if there is anything similar, apart from Kindle 
(which is really not similar---technically one doesn't own the books, 
content can be (and has been) changed and deleted, the format is 
proprietary, etc.).

> The Books app can read and write common ePub files, and the Apple Books 
> format involves extensions to ePub.
> 
> Various folks have downloaded and read a few older books from Project 
> Gutenberg and elsewhere using ePub and PDF formats, for instance.
> 
> I've purchased a number of ePub books from Apple and from other 
> sources, and read them using Books. Same for free downloads from 
> Project Gutenberg, etc.

I've been reading a book in Books (mainly because of colour and 
high-resolution images).  I'll definitely invest more time in it.  But 
it's not what I want for reading on the beach, on the train, etc.