e-Books readers are all the rage these days with big players like the Amazon Kindle, B&N Nook and Sony Reader Daily Edition joining what’s going to be a very competitive market. Mobile devices like the iPhone have embraced this trend by partnering with Amazon to bring a Kindle reader for the iPhone, allowing you to read your e-books and even synchronize your last page read between these devices. 

So where’s the reader for the Nokia N and Eseries? With big-screen devices like the N900 and even the Booklet 3G, you have to wonder why Nokia isn’t running around signing deals with Amazon, B&N or even Google (Yes even they are joining this market). Of course there’s Mobipocket’s reader, but as Ewan from Allaboutsymbian pointed out, there’s no specific touch screen additions. I can also point out that the interface looks dated, lacks support for popular e-book stores, it also lacks support for synchronization of your last page read and some kind of store to buy, download and manage your books. What’s even worse is that this application was last updated for 3rd edition devices, supporting devices like the N93.

There are a few eBook in Nokia’s OVI store, but these are mostly free books that have already entered the public domain. Where are the recent titles like Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol and Going Rogue by Sarah Palin?

Nokia might try to come up with a eBook store as part of OVI, but why re-invent the wheel? They can strike a deal with already established platforms and just create the necessary app, sharing the income with Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

Seeing the popularity of eBook readers in the US, being compatible with these stores, these Nokia devices would also get much needed attention in the US Market. Nokia, we need a eBook reader and we need it now.

Update: This November, Amazon will release a Kindle app for the PC, which should make Kindle books and periodicals available for the Nokia Booklet

Here’s a list of features:

• Purchase, download, and read hundreds of thousands of books available in the Kindle Store
• Access your entire library of previously purchased Kindle books stored on Amazon’s servers for free
• Choose from over 10 different font sizes and adjust words per line
• View notes and highlights marked on Kindle and Kindle DX
• Zoom in and out of text with a pinch of the fingers (Windows 7 users only)
• Turn pages with a finger swipe (available in a future release for Windows 7 users)