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Old 08-24-2010, 09:17 AM   #124
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Originally Posted by AGB View Post
Oh, so you're not looking for a dictionary to be used with epub books you read, but actual epub dictionaries. Well, that's a different kettle of fish.
I am looking for a dictionary I can use while reading a book.
If you place one or more Mobi dictionaries on your mobi-device, then the system will do a lookup in all available dictionaries and give you a choice of dictionary.

On my Cybook gen3 I have 2 dictionaries, an English->English and a thesaurus. When I make a lookup, then I can choose what dictionary I want to use.
That is an advantage of the Mobi format. Can you add/change dictionary on an epub-reader?

I have read somewhere that the new Kindle will support 2 dictionaries.

I believe that the dictionaries in the epub readers are device-specific applications. I moved my dictionaries from an old PDA to the Cybook without any problems. I only had to redownload the files with the new PID.
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