virkelie

I am interested in purchasing some textbooks for my axim X51v.

Some titles are available both from Mobipocket
( http://www.mobipocket.com/en/HomePag...sp?Language=EN )

and Skyscape
( http://www.skyscape.com/index/home.aspx ).

Virtually the same price.

Does anyone know the basic differences between the two?

Does mobipocket allow a word search of the enitre text
(not just the index and table of contents, as with skyscape)?

Haesslich

MobiPocket lets you search the text, and the reader's free. It also supports VGA very nicely and can be used for other things besides textbooks. If the text is available for Mobipocket, I'd take that. :D

cravaus

Mobi also allows for personal annotation, highlighting, hyperlinking, multiple book marks and so on. And the desktop application syncronizes all these personal annotations and book marks. I like the program a lot. I use iSilo, Adobe, and Mobi. Mobi is the best reading experience of the three. I wish that I could drag the screen in mobi like I can with iSilo and Adobe however.

virkelie

Originally Posted by cravaus

I wish that I could drag the screen in mobi like I can with iSilo and Adobe however.

I dowloaded a "trial" version of one ebook I need from Mobipocket - the "trial" only consists of the table of contents - nothing else.

So I could not test if I could word search the entire text of the book.

This is the most important feature for me; so you guys are sure I can search the entire text (not just the table of contents, or index) in Mobipocket?

I am afraid of getting burned - Mobipocket has no contact email to ask questions - only a forum which appears relatively inactive.

If I can't search the entire text in Mobipocket, then I would prefer Skyscape - for the reason mentionned above - ability to drag the screen in iSilo.

drb123

Personally, I am a Skyscape fan. I think that it is an all around easier format to access information on the fly. I have used a Mobbipocket ebook without major problems, but Skyscape wins hands down.
Why don't you download and trial the book in Skyscape format? They let you open up selected topics (usually under "A") in the Table of Contents.
They are NOT great in piclking up the phone, but once you get a person, they are helpful.
I don't know if you are interested, but when you buy a Skyscape book, they give you "Archimedes", which has medical formulas etc and an ICD code guide for free.

virkelie

Originally Posted by drb123

Personally, I am a Skyscape fan. I think that it is an all around easier format to access information on the fly. I have used a Mobbipocket ebook without major problems, but Skyscape wins hands down. Why don't you download and trial the book in Skyscape format? They let you open up selected topics (usually under "A") in the Table of Contents. They are NOT great in piclking up the phone, but once you get a person, they are helpful. I don't know if you are interested, but when you buy a Skyscape book, they give you "Archimedes", which has medical formulas etc and an ICD code guide for free.

I already have 3 skyscape titles - that's how I know about skyscape's major deficiency (at least from my perspective) that the WHOLE text cannot be searched.

If WHOLE text in Mobipocket cannot be searched, then I agree, I would probably choose Skyscape again.

mostlylisten

I dont know if this will help but I have Mobipocket and use it quite often and it has a find feature where you enter a keyword and in less than a second it recognises that word and takes you there.


Hope that helps

Rishad

Check out the aximsite ebooks link from my sig. You'll find lots of Mobipocket ebooks there.

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Noiro

Originally Posted by mostlylisten

I dont know if this will help but I have Mobipocket and use it quite often and it has a find feature where you enter a keyword and in less than a second it recognises that word and takes you there. Hope that helps

True, it is alot like Ctrl+F, it'll skip to page 50 if the word is and starts there.

Haesslich

As I said, "it lets you search the text" - but then again, I read mostly novels in Mobipocket. Just open up the 'Find' dialog after downloading the reader and a free ebook (like the free or sample books on Mobipocket.com) and try it for yourself.

virkelie

Thanks.
I didn't know there were free ebooks.
You guys have answererd my question, but as suggested above, I think I'll try one of the free ebooks to test mobipocket..

virkelie

OK, I downloaded a free ebook.
The "find" function does indeed search the entire text.

My only "problem" or question, deals with the navigation through the text.
I am able to move back 1 page, or forward to the next page, only by using the 4-way navigational pad on my Axim (X51v).

Is it possible to move on to the next page using the stylus; ie by tapping on the screen somewhere?

(I don't like using the navigational pad).

Haesslich

virkelie: Yes - I do this all the time; just tap the bottom half of the screen and there you go, forward... or hit the top-half and it'll go back. Make sure you have the "clicking on the page turns pages" option checked in Options -> General.

virkelie

Originally Posted by Haesslich

virkelie: Yes - I do this all the time; just tap the bottom half of the screen and there you go, forward... or hit the top-half and it'll go back. Make sure you have the "clicking on the page turns pages" option checked in Options -> General.

FANTASTIC!
Thanks!

I didn't have the "clicking on the page turns pages" option checked.

pawpals

Quote:

just tap the bottom half of the screen and there you go, forward... or hit the top-half and it'll go back.

My mobipocket works left side to go back, right side to go forward. Believe eReader can be configured to use top/bottom page turning.

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