from the Gutenbook site [1]: Gutenbook is an app for downloading, and reading of etext books published electronically from the Gutenburg Project [2]. it's fairly basic but it works, and has ports for linux (tk or qt) and windows. not only is this a needed app, it looks like a great starting point if you are interesting in learning to hack one of these environments (gtk-perl or kde/qt).
Links:
[1] http://www.llornkcor.com/software.htm
[2] http://www.promo.net/pg/