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BillSmithBooks · 03-28-2010, 03:38 PM

Saw this article on teleread.org:

http://www.teleread.org/2010/03/28/4-ways-to-turn-your-mobile-phone-into-an-ereader-by-piotr-kowalczyk/

Does anyone have any relevant experiences with reading ebooks on their cell phones they'd like to share? Screen shots? How difficult is it to adjust to the smaller screen?

Do you just put the ebooks on a datacard? Email them to your phone? How else do you get ebooks on your phone?

I'm particularly interested in how well this tech works for older/lower-end cell phones that cannot run the Kindle, B&N, Stanza or other dedicated ebook apps.

What formats do people use? Can you store HTML webpages on your phone? Plain text? java jar files? Use some of those funky programs that convert text or html to a series of jpegs?

Is there a future for ebooks in this particular type of device?

My thinking is that there seems to be a ton of potential -- there are only a few million dedicated ebook readers out there but a bazillion cellphones that in theory ought to be able to read ebooks (either off the mobile web as html or as txt or java jar apps).

Cellphone adoption is growing by leaps and bounds every year...it seems that this could be the biggest market in terms of devices in use if only publishers can appeal to users.

Cell phones are often the main tool of choice for younger people -- they may not have a PC at home, but they have a cell phone for SMSing, photos, etc. Not only that, people have their cell phones with them at ALL times, within easy reach.

How should publishers and authors encourage ereading on these devices since they are everpresent? Or will it just naturally happen on its own?

Options, ideas and commentary, anyone?

03-28-2010, 03:38 PM	#1
BillSmithBooks Padawan Learner Posts: 243 Karma: 1085815 Join Date: May 2009 Location: www.OutlawGalaxy.com, Foothills of NY's Adirondack mountains Device: My PC...using Puppy Linux (FBReader, Calibre, Kindle Cloud Reader,	Ebooks on Mobile Phones? Saw this article on teleread.org: http://www.teleread.org/2010/03/28/4-ways-to-turn-your-mobile-phone-into-an-ereader-by-piotr-kowalczyk/ Does anyone have any relevant experiences with reading ebooks on their cell phones they'd like to share? Screen shots? How difficult is it to adjust to the smaller screen? Do you just put the ebooks on a datacard? Email them to your phone? How else do you get ebooks on your phone? I'm particularly interested in how well this tech works for older/lower-end cell phones that cannot run the Kindle, B&N, Stanza or other dedicated ebook apps. What formats do people use? Can you store HTML webpages on your phone? Plain text? java jar files? Use some of those funky programs that convert text or html to a series of jpegs? Is there a future for ebooks in this particular type of device? My thinking is that there seems to be a ton of potential -- there are only a few million dedicated ebook readers out there but a bazillion cellphones that in theory ought to be able to read ebooks (either off the mobile web as html or as txt or java jar apps). Cellphone adoption is growing by leaps and bounds every year...it seems that this could be the biggest market in terms of devices in use if only publishers can appeal to users. Cell phones are often the main tool of choice for younger people -- they may not have a PC at home, but they have a cell phone for SMSing, photos, etc. Not only that, people have their cell phones with them at ALL times, within easy reach. How should publishers and authors encourage ereading on these devices since they are everpresent? Or will it just naturally happen on its own? Options, ideas and commentary, anyone?