Reading an eBook on the Pocket PC

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Do the eReader application (you refer to) handle pdb (palm database) format?
I know that Microsoft Reader cannot read pdb. I had to convert pdb to lit.

/Magnus

"Thore Berntsen" <notrashmail@please.zz> wrote in message
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>I have just bougth mi first eBook (Understanding Artificial
>Intelligence.pdb) But I can't read it on my Pocket PC. I have activated
>eReader and copied it to My Documents on the Pocket PC (an QTEK 2020) but
>when I start eReader I don't see it. Can anyone please help?
>
> Thore Berntsen
>

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I found no pdb to lit converters that I liked but you can google for it
yourself.

What I did was to open the pdb in iSilo 4.0 and then save to txt. I opened
the txt file in Word and formatted the book as I wanted it. Also added a
table of contents. There is a free utility for Word that can save to lit
format (http://www.microsoft.com/reader/developers/downloads/rmr.asp). I
used that utility to save the book in lit format, also added the original
cover for the book.

Even though it needed a litte work from my part, the result was quite nice.

/Magnus

"Thore Berntsen" <notrashmail@please.zz> wrote in message
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> Do You know how I can convert it?
> "Magnus Persson" <numinel@arsmagica.com> wrote in message
> newsw7AM2S2EHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Do the eReader application (you refer to) handle pdb (palm database)
>> format? I know that Microsoft Reader cannot read pdb. I had to convert
>> pdb to lit.
>>
>> /Magnus
>>
>> "Thore Berntsen" <notrashmail@please.zz> wrote in message
>> news:u$R8AlS2EHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>I have just bougth mi first eBook (Understanding Artificial
>>>Intelligence.pdb) But I can't read it on my Pocket PC. I have activated
>>>eReader and copied it to My Documents on the Pocket PC (an QTEK 2020) but
>>>when I start eReader I don't see it. Can anyone please help?
>>>
>>> Thore Berntsen
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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See my reply to your original post. eReader reads pdb books, that's what
it's for, but you can't just copy the books to the device, you need to use
the installer.

Tony

Thore Berntsen wrote:
> Do You know how I can convert it?
> "Magnus Persson" <numinel@arsmagica.com> wrote in message
> newsw7AM2S2EHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Do the eReader application (you refer to) handle pdb (palm database)
>> format? I know that Microsoft Reader cannot read pdb. I had to
>> convert pdb to lit.
>>
>> /Magnus
>>
>> "Thore Berntsen" <notrashmail@please.zz> wrote in message
>> news:u$R8AlS2EHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> I have just bougth mi first eBook (Understanding Artificial
>>> Intelligence.pdb) But I can't read it on my Pocket PC. I have
>>> activated eReader and copied it to My Documents on the Pocket PC
>>> (an QTEK 2020) but when I start eReader I don't see it. Can anyone
>>> please help?
>>>
>>> Thore Berntsen

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Why bother. Just download the free Palm Reader for Pocket PC. It will
read the file fine and provide several more ebook choices. It is a great
reader.

Dale

Thore Berntsen wrote:
> Do You know how I can convert it?
> "Magnus Persson" <numinel@arsmagica.com> wrote in message
> newsw7AM2S2EHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
>>Do the eReader application (you refer to) handle pdb (palm database)
>>format? I know that Microsoft Reader cannot read pdb. I had to convert pdb
>>to lit.
>>
>>/Magnus
>>
>>"Thore Berntsen" <notrashmail@please.zz> wrote in message
>>news:u$R8AlS2EHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>I have just bougth mi first eBook (Understanding Artificial
>>>Intelligence.pdb) But I can't read it on my Pocket PC. I have activated
>>>eReader and copied it to My Documents on the Pocket PC (an QTEK 2020) but
>>>when I start eReader I don't see it. Can anyone please help?
>>>
>>>Thore Berntsen
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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