What is MobiPocket ?

In my opinion, MobiPocket is the easiest way to build, organize, read and annotate your entire eBook library.

You can easily:

move your files to a portable hand-held device for reading
change the font size of your eBook
skip pages forward and back
catalogue your books into a complete library
make annotations about an ebook
rate the eBook
type in details about the eBook, Author, Publisher, Genre and language
import other file formats
mirror your library on portable devices and other computers.
change the orientation of your eBook
use auto scroll for hands-free reading
change the color of your text and background
adjust margins
find words and phrases
add bookmarks
allocate device buttons to mobipocket functions

MobiPocket on mac?

No, Mobi Pocket does not work on mac.

Where to get MobiPocket

Get your Free copy of Mobi Pocket here:

http://www.mobipocket.com/en/downloadsoft/productdetailsreader.asp

How to Download and Use MobiPocket

http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/ProductDetailsReader.asp

I have created a step-by step guide for Downloading MobiPocket to your PC and loading your first eBook to MobiPocket.

DOWNLOADING MOBIPOCKET TO YOUR PC

Which device to Use

MobiPocket eBook's can be viewed on:

your computer or laptop
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Smart Phone

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Downloading MobiPocket to your PDA or Smart phone

In order to read your eBook on your handheld device, you need to download MobiPocket Mobile.

Directions for doing this are included in the PDA & SmartPhone for Dykes book.

Can I create my own eBook files?

Yes, you can convert your own stories to eBook.

I have found the best way to do this is with the use of MS Word and MobiPocket.

Save your story as a MS Word document into the folder you created earlier (named eBooks within My Documents)
Open MobiPocket and select Import.
From the drop-down menu select Office Document.
Find your word document and select Open.
MobiPocket will convert your word document to mobi format and create it as an eBook.

This method is the best way to compile many files into one eBook. Simply copy and paste text from the internet into a Word Document, Save the document, open MobiPocket and convert to mobi as a single eBook. This method is handy when accessing free Lesfic stories that are presented in parts or chapters.

Converting other file formats to mobi file

Save the file to your eBooks folder.
Open MobiPocket.
Select Import.
In the drop down file select the relevant file format.
Find the original file and select Open.
MobiPocket will convert your word document to mobi format and create it as an eBook.

Other Software Programs for reading eBooks

eReader http://www.ereader.com/ereader/software/browse.htm Note: Ereader software does not work on Blackberry devices at this time. eReader works on Mac or PC.

eReader is a free program for viewing Palm Digital Media electronic books. Versions are available for PalmOS, iPhone, Symbian, Windows Mobile Pocket PC/Smartphone, desktop Windows, and Macintosh. The reader shows text one page at a time as paper books do. eReader supports embedded hyperlinks and images.

The company's web site offers a wide selection of eReader-formatted ebooks available for purchase and download, and also a few for free. The paid-for books are encrypted, with the key being the purchaser's full name and credit card number. This information is not stored in the ebook though. A one-way hash is used, so there is little or no risk of the user's information being extracted.

The program supports features like bookmarks and footnotes, enabling the user to mark any page with a bookmark, and any part of the text with a footnote-like commentary. Footnotes can later be exported as a Memo document.

The company also offers two Windows/MacOS programs for producing ebooks: the free Dropbook, and the paid-for eBook Studio. Dropbook is simply a file-oriented PML-to-PDB converter, and eBook Studio incorporates a WYSIWYG editor. PML (Palm Markup Language) is basically text with embedded formatting tags, so feeding a pure text file into eBook Studio or Dropbook also works.

There is also support for an integrated reference dictionary (with many options up to and including a 476,000-word Merrian-Webster Dictionary, including pronunciation keys) so that any word in the text can be highlighted and looked up on the dictionary instantly. (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats)

iSolo http://www.isilo.com/download/index.htm

iSilo™ is a highly versatile document reader available for Palm OS®, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphone, BlackBerry®, Symbian UIQ 3, Symbian UIQ, Symbian S60 3rd Edition, Symbian Series 60, Symbian Series 80, and Windows® CE Handheld PC handhelds, as well as for Windows® computers. You can find thousands of ready-made documents downloadable immediately for reading with iSilo™ or you can create your own documents from HTML content using iSiloX. Some of the major features that will win you over to iSilo™ include:

High text compression in iSilo™ format documents result in a 50% to 60% decrease in size, which is about 20% better than the Palm Doc format, allowing you to store more and larger documents on your handheld.
Hyperlinks make it much easier to navigate through a document.
Images add visual richness to documents, especially photo-quality color pictures.
Tables allow the display of tabular data.
Formatted text gives style to text for controlled emphasis.

new at iSilo.com

iSilo™ for iPhone is now available for sale on the App Store and debuts with an introductory promotional price, so purchasing early will get you the most favorable price. Please check the App Store for final pricing.
iSilo™ 5.03 for Palm OS®, Pocket PC, Windows®, Windows® CE Handheld PC, Windows Mobile™ Smartphone, Symbian UIQ, Symbian UIQ 3, Symbian Series 60, Symbian Series 60 3rd Edition, Symbian Series 80, and BlackBerry® released. Get them from the download area. If you have a license for a prior version, you can purchase the upgrade to version 5.x from the online store, which is currently offering a limited-time new version promotional price on the upgrade.
iSilo™ 4.38 for Palm OS®, Pocket PC, Windows®, Windows® CE Handheld PC, Windows Mobile™ Smartphone, Symbian UIQ, Symbian Series 60, and Symbian S60 3rd Edition released. Get them from the download area. If you have a license for iSilo™ 3.x, you can purchase the upgrade to iSilo™ 4.x from the online store.
iSilo™ 5.02 for BlackBerry® released. This is the first release of iSilo™ for the BlackBerry® platform. Get it from the download area.
The iSilo forum opens. It's a place where you can get support, be part of a community, and voice your opinions.
Visit mobileread.com for a large collection of PDA-friendly web sites ready for easy download as an iSiloX/iSiloXC .ixl file.

PDF http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/#download PDF works on Mac or PC

Microsoft Reader http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/default.mspx
The Microsoft Reader with ClearType™ technology can be used on your PC, Laptop, or Pocket PC. Features include highlighting, bookmarks, notes and drawings. Microsoft eBook Readers are available on Pocket PC Devices manufactured by Hewlett Packard, Casio and Compaq.

Palm Reader http://ebooks.palm.com/palm/software/browse.htm Palm Reader is available for both Mac and PC.

Palm Reader: Download here
Palm Reader is an award winning application used to read Palm Digital Media eBooks on your Palm OS handheld. The Palm Reader is free, but there is a upgrade called Palm Reader Pro that is not free. For the first 15 days of using Palm Reader, you will have trial access to Palm Reader Pro features.