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Old 10-15-2008, 09:50 PM   #1
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DRM-free Mobi to eReader?
Hi,

I am a little lost in the alphabet soup of formats and applications. I have a DRM-free PRC file in Mobipocket. I'd like to see if I can convert that to eReader so I can put it on my iPod Touch.

Is this possible?

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Old 10-15-2008, 09:53 PM   #2
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I am a little lost in the alphabet soup of formats and applications. I have a DRM-free PRC file in Mobipocket. I'd like to see if I can convert that to eReader so I can put it on my iPod Touch.
You can download Stanza from Lexcycle for your touch from the iPod AppStore (free) and for your PC and you will be able to d/l that file to your Touch while it is open in Stanza on your PC. Stanza will do whatever conversion is needed. I am not sure what native format is actually reads on the iPod though.

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Stanza converts everything to ePUB on the device so it will not work to translate Mobi to eReader. I believe Book Designer can do that.

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Stanza converts everything to ePUB on the device so it will not work to translate Mobi to eReader. I believe Book Designer can do that.

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I knew that. But, Stanza on both devices will still get the book on the iPod. Unless they insist on eReader... then as you say, you need to use other options.

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Well, I kinda like eReader on the iPhone more than Stanza. I could try it though. What can Book Designer do?

I guess I am mistaken that eReader is ePub. Is it not?
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I have a DRM-free PRC file in Mobipocket. I'd like to see if I can convert that to eReader so I can put it on my iPod Touch.
Old PRC files identified themselves as PalmDOC ebooks, and eReader can read PalmDOC. Open the .prc file with an editor, if you see BOOKMOBI then you are out of luck but if you see TEXtREAd then this is nominally a PalmDOC ebook. I don't know how well it will work, but a PalmDOC .prc may be readable with eReader just by renaming it .pdb.
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Well, I kinda like eReader on the iPhone more than Stanza. I could try it though. What can Book Designer do?

I guess I am mistaken that eReader is ePub. Is it not?
eReader is not ePUB. Read about them in the MobileRead wiki.

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Stanza converts everything to ePUB on the device so it will not work to translate Mobi to eReader. I believe Book Designer can do that.

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Stanza, on the desktop, does have an export feature that will allow you to export a book to ereader format. Unfortunately, at least in the version I have; it leaves behind some weird artifacts.

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Stanza converts everything to ePUB on the device so it will not work to translate Mobi to eReader. I believe Book Designer can do that.

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Not all PRC/Mobi can be opened with BD. But, you can convert PRC/Mobi to HTML using mobi2oeb and then use one of the tools available to convert to eReader from there. No idea how easy it is.
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