Everyman publishes many books in chessbase format (there is a free reader program), as well as PGN.
On the iPad, there are a couple of programs, but they don't offer many books, so I think Everyman is still the best choice at this point.
interactive chess ebooks?
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Everyman has a reader for the ipad and iphone as well as the chessbase format.
I'm using a Windows 8 touch screen laptop and was hoping to find something that would work well with it. I really like Silmans books so I will try his end game book.
jempty_method,
I think there would be a real market for software that could read the algebraic notation in chess books and convert it to a pgn file. It would make it much faster to digest concepts presented in these book. If I had an ipad I would try the chess e+books app. Something like that for windows is needed.
jempty_method,
have to shout "me too" after reading markla62's post. Living in New Zealand the postage/freight you pay for books (if it only doubles the price you're lucky and the book is bound to be super slim) has made the e-book the format of choice, so anything that makes the chess e-book experience work better is a sure winner. Good luck for your tournaments and for your software ventures. Keep us up-dated on both. Cheers, Brendonx.
I think the newest ebook standard epub3 has some support for Javascript, so it might be possible to embed a PGN player into the pages of an ebook.
In fact, there is already an Android application that becomes ePub books into interactive format. It is called Chesster:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bento.chesster
there is an iphone app called e chess where you can dowload his book, he also wrote the forword for capablancas fundamental strategy that you can also download.
apelute wrote:
In fact, there is already an Android application that becomes ePub books into interactive format. It is called Chesster:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bento.chesster
has anyone used this? it's had very few downloads and almost no reviews. It's a bit pricey but if it works it's probably worth the 50p.
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I've been using both e+chess and Forward Chess apps on the iPad/iPhone. Both are nicely done, though they have slightly different features and offer different libraries.
I prefer Forward Chess for it's interface, built-in engine and more expansive library of newer books. I highly recommend checking it out. It's available for Android as well, so if you're running Windows, you could run it on an emulator like BlueStacks.
Can anyone recommend any online books that are interactive. Do any of the standard lesson books like those by Pandolfini or Silman have electronic versions that allow you to play through their examples move by move on the computer while you read their explanations?