[setarris]

Just wanted to let you know Mobipocket has a Beta lite version for BB!! I just downloaded it, installed three books, so far so good! YES! I can finally ditch my old PDA! Now my BB is complete! www.mobipocket.com

[SDCromer]

I've been participating in the beta test since v5.0. This reader works great; I just hope I get a discount on the released version

[gimpybb]

I am having problems getting mobipocket beta up and running. I have the app in the blackberry (7250), but cannot get books or demo to upload to BB. I have on my laptop the Palm desktop from an old Tungsten I still use occasionally and the demos get loaded into Palm quick install. Any help would be appreciated! Also, any idea of cost of app once released?
Gimp

[jax]

Sounds like your *.prc files are being associated with the Palm desktop software. Try dragging the *.prc file onto the sendbookmp program (or right click the *.prc file and 'Open With...', 'Select the Program in a List...' and select sendbookmp). sendbookmp is the application that transfers the MobiPocket books onto your BB.

[jennrob1234]

what exactly does the mobipocket do for those of us still learning what all the BB can do?

[SDCromer]

When you unzip the Mobipocket beta, you will see an "Install" batch file that you need to run (double click). After you run that install batch file, just double click on one of the prc files and the installer will pop up and you can install to your BB.

Mobipocket allows you to read ebooks on your handheld device.

[Mr Pink57]

Just wondering with the books, could you also look at comic strips? I ask this cause I would like to read the old Calvin and Hobbes books on the BB, couldnt read a whole book due to eye strain.

pink

[gimpybb]

You guys were right on. Got demos in. Has anyone used Mosby's Drug Reference ebook. The demo doesn't really show how easy it is to move b/t different medications so it's hard to know if I would be able to use it in the way I wish to. Also, mobipocket website says BB software works with trade ebooks...what are they?
Gimp

[xombi]

This is working great for me, I have loads of free text ebooks from the gutenberg project which I have converted to .prc with the converter mobipocket has!

[setarris]

Originally Posted by jennrob1234

what exactly does the mobipocket do for those of us still learning what all the BB can do?

Mobipocket is one of many eBook Readers available. An eBook is an "electronic book". There are many readers and kinds of eBooks, Mobipocket reads *.prc files. You must load your BB with the application supplied with Mobipocket Lite for BB.

If you devour books like I do, eBooks can satisfy even the hungriest reader. There are tons of free books and you can buy just about any new released books as well. Some Authors/Publishers do not release some books for different reasons, but the few who do not publish electronically are few are far!

[gimpybb]

Can I buy any book available on the Mobipocket website and use it with the current software?

[jax]

The readme says you can only view 'Trade Titles'. I have absolutely no idea what this means!

That said I am using the beta to read books I've bought through the site - so yes you can read books bought on the Mobipocket website (but possibly not *all* books bought?).

[gimpybb]

I received an email from tech support that the current beta doesn't support books with "indexes." Not sure what that covers although it would cover the drug reference I was considering.

[mflaherty]

Installed flawlessly on my BB 7250 and I'm already halfway through my first novel. Love it, for sure!

[Kwik TSi]

Hey guys im new on here. Just got my BB 7100i and I must say this thing is off the meatrack!! I just installed Mobipocket on it but are there any sites where I can DL free ebooks of newer titles? Datacafe is cool but im not into classic literature.. Ive been using Shareaza to dl .pdb files on my old Palm Pilot and thank god Mobipocket can read that format .. But Shareaza takes forever to DL a .pdb file and the choices are pretty limited to what the other user has.. Thanks for any help you all can give.. LONG LIVE THE BLACKBERRY!!


*edit* Sorry

[Mark Rejhon]

Originally Posted by Kwik TSi

PS - If any of you book worms are into Fantasy, Horror and Action i have around 200 ebooks I can share of my personal favorite authors (Koontz, Stephen King, Brian Lumley, Laurell K . Hamilton, Clive Cussler, Patterson, Robin Cook)

This is a warning. Piracy is not allowed on these BlackBerryForums boards.

[JeffB100]

You can also get many SciFi books at www.baen.com. Any of their new titles can be purchased and they do have a library of free books. They can be downloaded in several formats including *.prc files.

[birdman]

A couple of questions.
The Lite version says it does not support books with indices. I tried downloading the free converter program, and while it works on the desktop, I get that error on the BB and says it wont run.

I have a number of .pdb files which I bought from PeanutPress / Fictionwise and which I used to read on my PPC platform. Is there a way to convert these to .prc format?

[jax]

The latest alpha release (5.1) supports the Index View in dictionaries - not sure if this is what you're after. It's on the development page:

http://www.mobipocket.com/dev/beta/blackberry.asp

[freebirdwil]

So how do I use MobiPocket Reader to view my .doc and .pdf files. I understand I can purchase, download, and read eBooks but early in the thread this app was reccomended to view .doc & .pdf files. So how is that done?