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ProfJulie · 03-07-2008, 07:34 PM

After reading this thread, I signed up with wowio and downloaded a few books to see how they work on a Pocket PC. This is what I discovered:

wowio books are password protected, but they can be copied to and opened up on a pocket pc. FWIW, I was also able to copy and open the books on my Cybook.
Unfortunately, they do not display well on a pocket pc. Reading them would require scrolling back and forth for each line of text. Unless the book is saved with tags, the books cannot be reflowed to work well with the smaller pocket pc screen. Because the books are password protected, I could not tag them in Adobe Acrobat after I downloaded them from wowio.
Surprisingly, I could convert the wowio books into Mobipocket format, using Mobipocket's convert PDF option. The books aren't beautiful, but at least they can now be read on a Pocket PC with Mobipocket installed.

BTW, wowio seems like a really great place to get free books. I like their philosophy and I know I'll be downloading books from them.

03-07-2008, 07:34 PM	#17
ProfJulie Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 890 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: USA Device: whatever	After reading this thread, I signed up with wowio and downloaded a few books to see how they work on a Pocket PC. This is what I discovered: wowio books are password protected, but they can be copied to and opened up on a pocket pc. FWIW, I was also able to copy and open the books on my Cybook. Unfortunately, they do not display well on a pocket pc. Reading them would require scrolling back and forth for each line of text. Unless the book is saved with tags, the books cannot be reflowed to work well with the smaller pocket pc screen. Because the books are password protected, I could not tag them in Adobe Acrobat after I downloaded them from wowio. Surprisingly, I could convert the wowio books into Mobipocket format, using Mobipocket's convert PDF option. The books aren't beautiful, but at least they can now be read on a Pocket PC with Mobipocket installed. BTW, wowio seems like a really great place to get free books. I like their philosophy and I know I'll be downloading books from them. Last edited by ProfJulie; 03-07-2008 at 07:40 PM.