The new touchstone for eReading.

The Blio eReader software is the new touchstone for the presentation of electronic books, magazines, and digital content. Its feature-rich design is perfect for today’s power readers, who increasingly rely on digital content for work, leisure, and learning.

The extensive Blio Bookstore was created in partnership with Baker & Taylor, the world’s largest distributor of literary content and value-added services, and the world’s largest publishers.

Enjoy a vast selection of titles, with a superior, color reading experience on desktop PCs, netbooks, tablet PCs and mobile devices.

Books, the way they were intended.

Unlike other eReaders, Blio preserves your book’s printed format, including layout, fonts, and images true to the book’s original form, and in color. Now, fully enjoy the subtlety of design originally intended by the publisher.

Blio offers a large selection of books that otherwise don’t translate well into eContent: especially cookbooks, travel guides, how-to books, schoolbooks, and children’s stories.

Blio’s capabilities have captured the interest of hundreds of top publishers, who are partnering with Blio to dramatically grow your choice of titles.

The Blio Bookstore is a world of content, aloud.

Shop from the Blio Bookstore’s extensive catalog, drawn from thousands of publishers, and including over one million free books.

As you download titles, they’re permanently stored in a personal virtual library, enabling limitless access to your content. And, your entire library seamlessly migrates to your favorite on-the-go device.

Books go hands-free with Blio’s read-aloud feature. A synthesized voice reads the book aloud, synchronized with follow-along word highlighting, so you can look and listen in tandem — excellent for road warriors, language learners, young children, and the vision impaired.

Read deeper.

Blio’s active reading tools deepen comprehension, adding dimensionality to your reading. Highlighting, underlining, and annotating help emphasize information in your mind and let you review important points later:

  • Create a personalized list of reference websites, for one-touch look-up of highlighted phrases.
  • Adjust reading speed and font size.
  • Translate to or from English in an imbedded translation window.
  • Insert text, drawing, voice, image or video notes directly into your content. These are saved, and can be exported to create lists or study materials.

Special features

  • Open your book in 3D “book view” for realistic page turning
  • “Text-only” mode for optimal display on small screens
  • Display dual pages, or tile multiple pages
  • Enlarge text without distortion
  • Enjoy a full color, high-resolution display

Supported Platforms

The Blio reader will soon be available on the following platforms:

  • Windows
  • Mac
  • Linux
  • Android
  • Symbian
  • Windows Mobile
  • iPhone

Supported eBook Formats

The Blio reader will soon support the following eBook formats:

  • XPS
  • PDF
  • ePub

System Requirements

  • Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 3+)
  • Microsoft Windows Vista (Service Pack 2+)
  • Microsoft Windows 7
  • Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP 1
  • Windows Media Player 10 or higher
  • 1.6 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor (Atom processor or better)
  • 1 GB of system memory
  • Audio output if you wish to have the book read to you
  • Internet connection for certain features
  • A DirectX 9+ compatible graphics card with a minimum of 128 MB of graphics memory

Compare e-Readers

General Blio for PC Sony Reader PC Sony Reader Touch Amazon Kindle
for PC
Amazon
Kindle 2™
Stanza Desktop
Cost Free Free $299 Free $259 / $489 Free
Platforms PC, iPhone, iPod PC, Mac N/A PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod N/A PC, Mac, iPod
Screen Size Your computer1 Your computer1 6” Your computer1 6” / 9.7” Your computer1
Resolution Your video card2 Your video card2 600 × 800 Your video card2 600 × 800 Your video card2
Color Books Yes Yes3 No Yes3 No Yes3
Storage Unlimited4 Unlimited4 1500 Unlimited4 1500/3500 Unlimited4
Books 1,260,000 1,000,000+ 1,000,000+ 390,000 390,000 100,000+
Touch Yes No Yes No No No
Windows 7 Yes Yes No No No No
Read Aloud Yes No No No Yes No
Text Views Blio for PC Sony Reader PC Sony Reader Touch Amazon Kindle
for PC
Amazon
Kindle 2™
Stanza Desktop
One Page Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Two Pages Yes No No No No No
Layout Views Blio for PC Sony Reader PC Sony Reader Touch Amazon Kindle
for PC
Amazon
Kindle 2™
Stanza Desktop
One Page Yes Yes No No Yes 5 No
Two Page Yes No No No No No
Tile View Yes No No No No No
Vertical Scrolling Yes No No No No No
Horizontal Scrolling Yes No No No No No
3D Support Blio for PC Sony Reader PC Sony Reader Touch Amazon Kindle
for PC
Amazon
Kindle 2™
Stanza Desktop
Page Turning Yes No No No No No
Library Yes No No No No No
Multimedia Blio for PC Sony Reader PC Sony Reader Touch Amazon Kindle
for PC
Amazon
Kindle 2™
Stanza Desktop
Video Yes No No No No No
Audio Yes No No No No No
Interactive Yes No No No No No
Study Tools Blio for PC Sony Reader PC Sony Reader Touch Amazon Kindle
for PC
Amazon
Kindle 2™
Stanza Desktop
Translation Yes No No No No No
Sticky Notes Yes No Yes No No No
Highlighting Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
Book Marks Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

1 Even small notebooks have 10.1” displays. Most home computers have 15” or larger displays.
2 VGA resolution (1024x768) was a common in 1990. HDMI (1920x1080) resolution is common to view HD Video.
3 Limited support for color. Most books are not in color.
4 Limited by the size of your hard disk. Nook and Kindle have 2GB of storage. A GB of storage on a hard
disk today costs about $.10 a gigabyte.
5 No color support