Mobipocket ebook reader (free)

**gasusan2005** · 09-22-07, 11:58 PM

Many (most) of you know about Mobipocket ebook reader. For those of you who don't, read on.
(I was surprised to see that there wasn't a thread about Mobipocket ebook reader "stickied" in the ebook forum.....so I thought I would add one

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Immersive Reading Experience : Better than paper
Mobipocket Reader lets you customize your reading experience. Customize : margins, line spacing, full text justification with hyphenation. Change the font size and the background color. Use the fullscreen mode and sub pixel font rendering for a fully immersive reading experience. Turn pages with a keypress or a stylus touch, or even use the autoscroll feature if you are too lazy to turn pages! Change the screen orientation to transform your Tablet PC or your PDA into the perfect mobile reading device.

My Library : The power of Reading Lists
All your digital books stored on your local device are listed here. Organize all your books into Reading List on your device. With one tap, filter by type, location, and of course by reading list. On the top bar, the total number of eBooks in the current view is display and also the total size. Our new smart cache mechanism displays your library at a blazing speed, even with hundreds of titles.

Annotations & Highlights : It's Your Book
Mobipocket Reader gives you plenty of tools to annotate, bookmark, highlight, any part of any eBook. You can even draw on the page or create your own custom hyperlinks.

Removable Cards : MMC, SD, CF, Memory Stick, we like them all
At Mobi, we know a memory card is your mobile device's best companion. You will appreciate the simplicity and powerfull support in the new Mobi Reader. With one tap, you can display all content stored in main memory, your external removable card and on the internal storage card too. You can see instantly the number of eBooks and their size on the top bar. Right click on any eBook and you have the option to move it to any other location. Use the Memory Info view to display at a glance all available locations, total storage size and free space. A small icon indicator tells you if an eBook is on a card or not.

Customize Device Buttons & Toolbar : Take control of your Reader A mobile device has a small screen and Mobi Reader has so many functions... To statisfy every single user, you can fully customize the toolbar icons to match your own unique needs. And with the latest release, you can now also affect each function to your device hard buttons : convenient to bookmark a page when reading fullscreen or switching to the annotations view with one finger press.

Search and Lookup : It's built-in
Lookup any word with the latest multidictionary

Go to Mobipocket and get the version(s) you need (free)

WindowsMobile eBook Reader - Download the free Mobipocket eBook Reader software to read on your PDA and Smartphone.

Mobipocket ebook Reader (for PC)

PalmOs eBook Reader - Download the free Mobipocket eBook Reader software to read on your PDA and Smartphone.

SymbianOs eBook Reader - Download the free Mobipocket eBook Reader software to read on your PDA and Smartphone.

Blackberry eBook Reader - Download the free Mobipocket eBook Reader software to read on your PDA and Smartphone.

I have been using it for awhile (after getting frustrated with and giving up on Microsoft Reader) and I am pleased. I read, on average 2-3 books a week

Susan

srvctec · 09-25-07, 11:24 PM

Thanks for the info. I used to use MobiPocket with my eBookman several years ago and it was the best alternative then for that device. I'm liking this version for my PDA as well, EXCEPT I can't for the life of me figure out (been working on this for about an hour now) how to get the PC program to sync the eNews and eBooks to my x51v's SD card. It always puts the files on my CF card and I don't want them there.

On the PC reader, I go to Reading Devices/my Axim/edit properties/synchronization and have card selected. I see no where to select which card. Apparently MobiReader just assumes I want everything to go to my CF, when in fact I do not. For the work around, I am having all files sent to main memory and then manually transferring them to my SD.

Any ideas how to get Mobi to automatically send files to my SD?

**gasusan2005** · 09-25-07, 11:35 PM

Not 100% sure...but I think I installed the Mobipocket reader on my SD card, and all my ebooks automically go to same card (and not CF card)....might be worth a try

Susan

srvctec · 09-26-07, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by gasusan2005

Not 100% sure...but I think I installed the Mobipocket reader on my SD card, and all my ebooks automically go to same card (and not CF card)....might be worth a try

Susan

I actually installed it on my SD card as well. Maybe I'll try a uninstall and re-install and see if that works. I already deleted my x51v from Mobi on my PC and reconnected with it and that didn't work.

On second thought, I think I'll remove my CF, then sync with Mobi set to save to card and see if that will train it to save to the SD.

srvctec · 09-26-07, 10:41 PM

That did the trick! I removed the CF card and set Mobi to save files to card. I then synced and all of the files (of course) went to my SD. I then put the CF back in and did another sync, and all of the files still went to the SD card- just like I wanted. Mobi is now trained properly!

**gasusan2005** · 09-26-07, 11:26 PM

Glad you were able to solve the problem! I was going to try and look at it today, but had a friend from out of town visiting..... so didn't get a chance!

Susam

cervri · 02-22-08, 08:13 AM

I downloaded Mobipocket and installed it on my PC (WinXPhome), it saw my Dell Axim51v and offered to install to it. Installed it and downloaded a couple of ebooks to try it out. Books show up in Library but I am not able to read them. When I try to open them all I get is a book cover with the Name of the book and the author. Any Ideas?

Julie · 02-22-08, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by cervri

I downloaded Mobipocket and installed it on my PC (WinXPhome), it saw my Dell Axim51v and offered to install to it. Installed it and downloaded a couple of ebooks to try it out. Books show up in Library but I am not able to read them. When I try to open them all I get is a book cover with the Name of the book and the author. Any Ideas?

Are the books DRM books? If so, have you authorized the Axim to read Mobipocket DRM books?

cervri · 02-22-08, 06:02 PM

DRM books? Sorry, I don't know what DRM book are.

I can read them on the Desktop version of Mobipocket. The books have "mobi" extensions.

Julie · 02-22-08, 06:28 PM

Where did you get these books? Did you purchase them from a electronic bookseller? Many of these types of books have digital rightrs management (DRM) protection on them. What this means is you are not able to share them with friends and you are not able to move them to multiple devices (unless your have 1st gotten the devices authorized - but even then there is a limit as to the number of devices that can be used with a file).

cervri · 02-22-08, 07:35 PM

I will have to do some backtracking to find out where I got them, they were supposedly free.

Haesslich · 02-22-08, 09:35 PM

I'd suggest trying the Baen Free Library to test out Mobipocket, since they offer books (which are free) in .PRC format, to see how those you have on your Axim compare - I've made sure that I registered my Axim's identifier code (found in the About menu) on the websites where I've bought the books (primarily Mobipocket.com) to ensure that they'd work when they hit the Axim.

spud42 · 02-23-08, 08:10 PM

thanks i just d/l the cab file . i second baen free library. i got some good books there. i think the concept is good too, you get to read a book or two to see if the author is any good. then you can then buy the rest if you want.i read David Webers books then went on to buy a few more in the series....

question, i went to the site you linked but i couldnt find out what types of ebooks it can open? does it do .lit? or .pdb? i got a few isacc asimov books recently that are in .pdb.. or is there a prog to convert from one type to another?

spud42 · 02-23-08, 09:09 PM

ok, am i missing something ? i cant get this software to find my ebooks. they are stored in CF/ebooks/asimov . i can point to the CF card but it wont let me go to folders?? i copied one to the root and mobi fountd it. so i know the books are ok. but i dont want all of them in the root folder.... what gives????

mostlylisten · 02-23-08, 09:18 PM

cervi in mobipocket they require that you register your pc and pocket pc. If you have that pocket pc number incorrect on your mobipocket account you won't be able to read books. Check to see that your ID numbers match.