Ebook formats are specifically designed for dedicated Ebook reader hardware. In US and Europe Ebooks are catching the market very fast, it is expected that it is going to be a replacement of printed books.
Quickly, An Ebook is very similiar to Printed Book. Sony Reader, Amazon Kindle and Apple Ipad are the most popular Ebook readers. Ebook will be having feature like linked table of contents, bookmarking, recalling the page which you have read previous time, line space customization, background customization, in built dictionary, etc etc.
Now the question is, can you read this with a software in your mobile?
Well, the answer is yes. I have spent nearly a fortnight searching many ebook readers for symbian mobiles. Many of them having their own file formats or just they are limited to .txt formats.
.EPUB, .Mobi, .PDF are the most common formats used.
Install the Ebook Reader in mobile.
Goto http://www.mobipocket.com/en/downloadsoft/productdetailsreader.asp and select your mobile os and download the mobi pocket reader.
This reader will support EPUB, Mobi, Text formats.
Now you can subscribe to or purchase the Ebooks from http://www.mobipocket.com
I know you will be interested to get books for free.
Goto http://www.archive.org A google initiative which provides 1.8 million books free.
Search for the books with key words and download .mobi (Kindle) file to your mobile.
Open the Ebook reader and start reading!
The magazines which comes with video clips and multimedia may not be compatible with your mobiles.
Please let me know your experience.
Quickly, An Ebook is very similiar to Printed Book. Sony Reader, Amazon Kindle and Apple Ipad are the most popular Ebook readers. Ebook will be having feature like linked table of contents, bookmarking, recalling the page which you have read previous time, line space customization, background customization, in built dictionary, etc etc.
Now the question is, can you read this with a software in your mobile?
Well, the answer is yes. I have spent nearly a fortnight searching many ebook readers for symbian mobiles. Many of them having their own file formats or just they are limited to .txt formats.
.EPUB, .Mobi, .PDF are the most common formats used.
Install the Ebook Reader in mobile.
Goto http://www.mobipocket.com/en/downloadsoft/productdetailsreader.asp and select your mobile os and download the mobi pocket reader.
This reader will support EPUB, Mobi, Text formats.
Now you can subscribe to or purchase the Ebooks from http://www.mobipocket.com
I know you will be interested to get books for free.
Goto http://www.archive.org A google initiative which provides 1.8 million books free.
Search for the books with key words and download .mobi (Kindle) file to your mobile.
Open the Ebook reader and start reading!
The magazines which comes with video clips and multimedia may not be compatible with your mobiles.
Please let me know your experience.
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