I am using WattPad and it works very good. I have downloaded about 9 books for my upcoming trip

Boy I tried doing a little Googling for ya and people really don't like this eReader format - "evil" was seen more than one time in passing. :-/ It appears it's also DRM encumbered (well only specific books of course) which further causes people problems decoding it. Not a pretty landscape for this format...

Agreed on all accounts. The problem is (and again this may be because I haven't had to look - as I had a WM PDA) is that alot of the mainstream (non-scifi) literature has been difficult to find electronically except at eReader.

On the Palm and WM platform, I have no issues with eReader - it does (did) what I needed it to do.

Now, I just want mainstream eBooks for my Blackberry. I will continue my quest.

I wandered through the Mobipocket bookstore and was pleased to find that some of the selections I was most missing were available there. I purchased them and am as pleased as punch now.

I've been a user of mobipocket for some time now and I am frustrated for the first time. They have an upgrade that I performed and since then I can't load any books, it sometimes freezes my blackberry (8700g) and I am not getting much help from mobipocket at all. I've done the delete and re-install so many times that I just give up. I've tried reloading an earlier version but I get the same issues regardless of version. It almost makes me wonder if there are files lingering in my blackberry that don't delete or something. I don't know, I just wish the damned thing would work, I am a voracious reader and I'm feeling stuck. AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!

If you mean ebooks in the pdb format for Palm, you can try Anyview, which support pdb, umd, txt and html.

Mobipocket handles the same, I think - and it's also free. However neither Anyview or Mobipocket can convert .pdb files from eReader.com.

Have you tried uninstalling through the app loader? I've noticed that Mobipocket seems to be very messy during uninstall and install, such that I have multiple versions even in the app loader (which I cannot remove). That said (and knock on wood), I am not having any issues with the current version.

mobipocket works great for me on the bb.... yes I don't like them, but it works. Now if they could just get there crap together and make a MAC client I would like them again.

Yes, I have tried both ways. Often when I try to re-install, the app loader doesn't even have it showing in the install. It's just turned into a real mess and I'm pretty frustrated. If there was another ebook reader of any quality available I would go for it.
Interestingly, I am posting the issue on the mobipocket forum and they are working on it although I don't hear too much from them. It's been weeks and there are plenty of people who are running into the same or similar issue. I also wonder if it has anything to do with the recent upgrade to the latest OS for blackberry that I performed a few months ago. I didn't run into these kinds of issues prior to the upgrade. Things that make you go hmmmmmm....

Well, still no luck on the mobipocket issue. I've tried downgrading my BB operating system with no luck. I still haven't heard from mobipocket although I am sure that they are looking for an answer. In the meantime I am really frustrated because I want to be able to read a book on my bb and I can't. Is there any other reader out there that I can load and use while I wait for mobipocket to solve the problem?

You could try MTextReader:
MTextReader - A convenient Java phone text reader

Here is some screenshots:

Hi, thanks for posting - did you try this on a BlackBerry? It fails to launch on my 8320 with "Error starting MTextReader: Module "MTextReader" has verification error 2916 at offset 192d".

Here's the device debug log:

S Java Exception - RuntimeException - 2/11 20:12:28
a System - Error starting MTextReader: Module 'MTextReader' has verification error 2916 at offset 192d - 2/11 20:12:28
a System - Linker error: 'VerifyError' for MTextReader - 2/11 20:12:26
a System - Module 'MTextReader' has verification error 2916 at offset 192d - 2/11 20:12:26
a System - VM:VECMm=f() - 2/11 20:12:26
a System - VM:VECCs=d - 2/11 20:12:26
a System - VM:VECPs=mtextreader.a. - 2/11 20:12:26
a System - VM:UNDF javax.microedition.io.file.FileSystemRegistry,java x.microedition.io.file.FileConnection - 2/11 20:12:25
a System - VM:LINK MTextReader - 2/11 20:12:25

1 You J2ME VM does not has JSR 75 support, MTextReader needs JSR 75 to access local data(for text files)
2 You disabled local access for unauthorised J2ME app, default is everytime J2ME app access your local data, you will be prompted and you can choose accpet or refuse, however, you can set it as always disabled without asking

All the 83xx and 81xx BlackBerry devices have JSR75 support, the FileConnection class works for other applications on my device. I have the 8320 with OS 4.2.2.180. This is not the problem.

My permissions for MTextReader are set to 'Allow' for all data, everywhere. This is not the problem.

I have heard it mentioned from other J2ME developers that the problem with "verification error" errors might be because of the obsfucation used when compiling your JAR; can you alter/change/disable the obsfucation method(s) for us to try?

This same problem happens with some (not all, just some) J2ME applications found on getjar.com, which is where I contacted other developers and they mentioned the obsfucation problem.

Thanks for the unobsfucated build in email - unfortunately it also crashes on startup with a verification error again. The log is a bit different this time though:

S Java Exception - RuntimeException - 2/13 10:11:17
a System - Error starting nofMTextReader: Module 'nofMTextReader' has verification error 2916 at offset 0399 - 2/13 10:11:17
a System - Linker error: 'VerifyError' for nofMTextReader - 2/13 10:11:15
a System - Module 'nofMTextReader' has verification error 2916 at offset 0399 - 2/13 10:11:15
a System - VM:VECMm=showCurrentFolder() - 2/13 10:11:15
a System - VM:VECCs=BrowserSl - 2/13 10:11:15
a System - VM:VECPs=mtextreader.ui. - 2/13 10:11:15
a System - VM:UNDF javax.microedition.io.file.FileSystemRegistry,java x.microedition.io.file.FileConnection - 2/13 10:11:14
a System - VM:LINK nofMTextReader - 2/13 10:11:14

I'm not up on my J2ME debugging, but it looks like showCurrentFolder() is the API call that's triggering the error, right?

A vote here for WattPad. At least it installed, whereas Mobipocket reader just messed up my curve.

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


who it seeks it finds ;)

Since switching from Palm to BB I'm finding that the only thing I miss is eReader. I have a lot of books that are no longer accessible to me. Mobipocket has been working well for me, but they don't seem to have as large of a selection as eReader. The eReader website states that they are working on a BB compatible version, but no ETA is given.

Mobipocket works just fine on my 8330 Curve.

I really don't like Mobi Pocket - are there any other eBook readers that work? So far, I can't get MobiPocket to make annotations on my BB. It would also be VERY nice to have an auto scroll feature. FYI, I've also installed WattPad but it also seems quirky.

I can't seem to get my mobireader to work. Everytime I use it on my pearl(or try to use it) and I try to connect to 'my acct' or go to the ebookstore, it keeps giving me 'an error occured while accessing the list of eBookstores(network timeout)' Does anybody know what to do with this?

I've gotten the very same error over the last few days myself.


Bueller?

Another vote here for MTextReader 2.2

Set Q and P as your left and right buttons.. spacebar is the 'fire' button and also triggers autoscroll (which I don't use). There are page down/up keys as well as line down/up. (Multiple, so you can find the combo you like best.)

MTextReader can read textfiles directly.

I saw some people mention reading the ebooks as pdfs. I don't have a problem with mobibook even though it only uses half the screen at the moment (yes, I'm using the Storm), but if you're looking for a pdf viewer I just downloaded Beamreader and it seems to be working very well for viewing pdfs so far.

CJ

I was happy to see this post at TeleRead dated 12/16/08:

eReader still on track for Blackberry in early 2009

By David Rothman

eReader is coming to the Blackberry, as TeleRead community members know from Chris Meadows’ posts.

And now here’s some fresh, helpful reassurance from eReader/Fictionwise’s Scott Pendergrast. “We are hard at work on a Blackberry version of the reader,” he tells an FW e-mail list. “I think we’ll have a beta out early next year. It’s a priority.”

I followed this thread eagerly hoping for an answer and was wondering if a good ebook reader for blackberry has been located. I tried mobipocket. It installed properly according to the messages. I synced and sent books to the device. I checked the memory card and located the books. However the library did not recognize anything but the ebook store and there was no way to browse and point the reader to the card. I installed and reinstalled several times with no luck. I even uninstalled and reinstalled BB desktop manager and mobipocket and started clean with no luck.

I am hesitant to try wattpad as I read reviews about possible copyright violations. I am also scared to download the jedi (not to mention the link was invalid).

I am a brand new newbie to BB. I LOVE my pearl and would love to have a reader. I did install Olive Tree that reads a Bible. I don't know the file format for the Bibles. Do you think that Olive Tree would read other files besides the Bibles?

I can't answer your specific problem, but check the forums at mobileread.com. That site has everything you could want to know about electronic books--devices, formats, software, conversions, accessories, etc.

can i read .chm file on blackberry? Please help me.
Thanks
-Duong

I know we can use Adobe readers to read PDF files on BB...

Go to fictionwise.com/help/blackberryfaq.htm

There was an update for eReader from 1.024 to 1.027 released yesterday. Not sure what it fixed,since I didn't have too many troubles with the earlier version. Dictionaries are still unsupported (grrr...).

I've found mobipocketreader to be a great little app. Especially for reading pdf's and such. I had some issues initially where it wouldn't connect to the online database / library but this was solved by altering the permissions in the applications list for the advanced options menu on the phone.

Just wanted to keep this thread alive. Anyone know if the mobipocketreader works on later BB models?

I am using it on my 8900.