Are there any ebook readers for Win 7 Pro which can display two books side-by-side?

Question

I'm trying to learn a language and I want to be able to open the English version of a book and the German one together on the screen to compare etc. I'm particularly interested in displaying Kindle-typebooks side-by-side.

I need software that is simple to use and not-too-ugly looking. Ha. Aesthetics seem to matter to me when I'm learning...or, any reader that can display ANY popular ebook formats in parallel form will do!

Edit: Anyone know anything with scroll binding?

Win 7. IE 9. Freeware or not.

Answer 1

The free and open-source calibre E-book library management has readers for almost all e-book formats, including Kindle.

It allows opening more than one book at a time, and the reader doesn't look too bad :

Answer 2

Is there anything preventing you from having two windows open side by side? Windows 7 makes it easy with Aero Snap... Drag one window the the left side, one window to the right side. No special software needed

Answer 3

Use Firefox, install TileTabs and use an online reader such as Ibis reader, the cloud Kindle reader or any other online reader out there:

Otherwise, as harrymc suggested, use two instances of Calibre. Focus one instance, hold down the windows key and hit the left cursor. On the other instance, do the same with the right cursor instead:

Note that Digital Editions, Sony Reader, Nook and most other "good looking" (but long loading or otherwise bloated) readers will not allow two instances running at the same time (though it may be a nice challenge to hack).

I do not know of any true "parallel reader" other than Bible software that let you read different translations side by side. Almost all Bible software has that feature, so you might try looking for one that will allow you to import an epub... but I guess it'll be more of a hassle than simply scrolling twice.

Answer 4

If you want to use Kindle this solution may work for you. Open one version of the book in the downloadable version of the Kindle Reader for PC app - Then use the Kindle Cloud Reader in a web browser to open another book. With some judicious screen arranging you should be able to get them side by side. You don't seem to be able to open the same book in both apps simultaneously but that should not matter for your purposes.