It feels as though Amazon wants to make reading ebooks in formats other than Mobipocket difficult, and even with Mobipocket, downloading a file from the Web requires non-intuitive steps. Adam explains ...

Media Converter, IDEAL ePub Creator and ePUBator are Android-based tools that can import and read the PDF format, then convert and export the book into a versatile EPUB file.

The open-source EPUB e-book format is great for sharing books between different readers and making life easier on readers generally--but Amazon's Kindle, the big player, doesn't support it ...