360 PB360 eBook format

flib · 05-15-2011, 09:29 AM

Hello. I'm wondering what kind of formats are best to use with the PocketBook 360 and where I can buy them.
Thanks!

Poppaea · 05-15-2011, 10:11 AM

AFAIK it reads everything but Amazon.

MmavisO · 05-15-2011, 10:23 AM

Epub works very well on the 360. It is the "standard" format at the moment, so you can get epub books at any bookstore except Amazon, who uses a form of mobi. If you use ADE, you can buy books from Sony and Barnes & Noble, Fictionwise, and many more. You can get public-domain books for free right here at MobileRead, and Project Gutenberg, and DRM-free books at Smashwords. There are loads of other sites, too. For me the biggest problem is finding time to read everything I find that I want to read.

The 360 will also read most formats as long as they are not DRM, but pdf does not work very well.

Just in case ADE and DRM make you say, "Huh? What?" ADE stands for Adobe Digital Editiions, and is software that lets you manage DRM'd epubs, downloading them from sellers, and transferring to your 360, etc. DRM is an anti-piracy "lock" that publishers use to dictate how you use your purchase. Both have been discussed extensively here, so I won't say any more than that. If you search here or Google, you will find all the information on ADE and DRM that you could ever want.

Farhad · 05-15-2011, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flib

Hello. I'm wondering what kind of formats are best to use with the PocketBook 360 and where I can buy them.
Thanks!

FB2 is the best one as it open souce, safe, and allows you to configure anything you want including font (epub does not). Good old TXT is fine too. But the PB360 can reads all of these FB2, TXT, PDF (reflow), DJVU, RTF, HTML, PRC, PDB (PalmDoc), Plucker, CHM, EPUB, DOC, TCR,JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF

As to where to get the books, I would not bother with any vendors at all (if only because they don't use FB2). Just use a seach engine and chances are you will find anything and everything you want.

Remember - there is no such thing as piracy on the Internet.

Then use calibre to convert any of the following:

CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC**, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT

Info any of these:

EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, SNB, TCR, TXT

HTH

flib · 05-15-2011, 08:51 PM

Sound advice, thanks all!

musicman2523 · 05-23-2011, 04:19 PM

epub. and you don't need to buy unless you want to.............lots of great indie books out there at smashwords etc etc for free.
but you can buy epubs most anywhere.

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05-15-2011, 10:11 AM	#2
Poppaea Lucifer's Bat Posts: 2,575 Karma: 20638583 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Earth/Berlin Device: Kobo Libra Colour	AFAIK it reads everything but Amazon.

05-15-2011, 10:23 AM	#3
MmavisO Seeker Posts: 349 Karma: 479648 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Liberty, MO USA Device: Asus TF, PB 360, Jetbook Lite	Epub works very well on the 360. It is the "standard" format at the moment, so you can get epub books at any bookstore except Amazon, who uses a form of mobi. If you use ADE, you can buy books from Sony and Barnes & Noble, Fictionwise, and many more. You can get public-domain books for free right here at MobileRead, and Project Gutenberg, and DRM-free books at Smashwords. There are loads of other sites, too. For me the biggest problem is finding time to read everything I find that I want to read. The 360 will also read most formats as long as they are not DRM, but pdf does not work very well. Just in case ADE and DRM make you say, "Huh? What?" ADE stands for Adobe Digital Editiions, and is software that lets you manage DRM'd epubs, downloading them from sellers, and transferring to your 360, etc. DRM is an anti-piracy "lock" that publishers use to dictate how you use your purchase. Both have been discussed extensively here, so I won't say any more than that. If you search here or Google, you will find all the information on ADE and DRM that you could ever want.

05-15-2011, 08:51 PM	#5
flib Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: PB360+	Sound advice, thanks all!

05-23-2011, 04:19 PM	#6
musicman2523 Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 302432 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: pocketbook iq 701	epub. and you don't need to buy unless you want to.............lots of great indie books out there at smashwords etc etc for free. but you can buy epubs most anywhere.