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Originally Posted by Yayafava
Let me rephrase.
So to recapitulate:
1. Does JBL handle word (doc) files or do I need to resave as rtf?
2. Is ebook the same as mobi. If not does anyone know if JBL will read ebook files?
(I ask this because I have 2 things where the icon looks like mobi but when you flitter the cursor over file it says it is "ebook", while the others specifically say "mobi".)
3. Or there other formats not listed on JBL site (those formats listed above) that JBL seems to read by individual user's experiences?
I'm getting rather knowledgeable about certain things just from reading the posts and the "wiki" here. I have been going around to the "free" book sites suggested here and I have been collecting things willy-nilly. Then realized I had to pay attention to formats. I realized this when I noticed I had collected a bunch of things in "lit" format.
I'm still not clear on what specific formats are intended for which readers yet, but I'm sure I will be soon. One of the reasons I chose JBL is that it accepts a variety of formats. At first I interpreted that to mean just about all formats except DRM. Which is why I wound up with a number of things in "lit" format. Finally some little light went off in my brain and I went and rechecked formats for JBL and realized that "lit" was not one of them. Now I have a post-it on the side of my monitor screen to remind me. : )
So I'm gathering from your response Ken that if I see the Mobi icon next to ebook "formats" that Mobi will read them and by extension so will the JBL.
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1. No, MS Word .doc format is not one that JBL can handle. RTF is a
good choice, as is PDF.
2. ".ebook" is not a file extension that I am familiar with.
3. There maybe some that are close enough to one that works, so that
the JBL can try and display it, but I can't think of an example. (Maybe .zip
or .xml, don't know, haven't tried.)
You might check out Calibre, it can easily convert the non-DRM .lit files
into something the JBL reads, like epub.
The "mobi" icon only means that a program, that you have on your
computer, is using that icon for that file type, which is one of those
associated with that program. If the file extension of the file is one
that the JBL can handle then the JBL can also read the file.
Assuming that your computer is a PC and you are using a Windows
Operating System; Right-click on the file's icon and select "Properties".
You should now be able to see the file extension, the "Type of file:"
and what program it "Opens with:".
Luck;
Ken