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1/3 million free ebooks: the world ebook fair

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07-12-2006, 06:20 PM

dMores Philosopher Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 553		1/3 million free ebooks: the world ebook fair http://www.worldebookfair.com/ thought i'd pass it along. __________________ www.untitled.at - my companywww.mores.cc - my private site / moblog

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07-13-2006, 01:10 AM

Nurhisham Hussein Contributing Editor Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,721		Thanks! __________________ "A planner is a gentle man, with neither sword nor pistol. He walks along most daintily, because his balls are crystal."

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07-13-2006, 07:29 AM

juni Sage Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 772		Many of the books seem to be pdf-ebooks . Can these even be read on a Pocket PC?

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07-13-2006, 07:33 AM

Jorgen Sage Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 694		You can with a bit of difficulty mark all the text with a mouse (hold down a shift key) and paste it to a text file. Adobe has a reader for PPCs. It is usable as it can reformat the text. No booksmarks as far as I know. Jorgen

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07-13-2006, 08:03 AM

Nurhisham Hussein

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Quote:

Originally Posted by juni

Many of the books seem to be pdf-ebooks

. Can these even be read on a Pocket PC?

As Jorgen says, they mostly can. And if you don't like Adobe's PPC reader (it's a memory and storage space hog) you can try this.

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07-13-2006, 02:33 PM

emuelle1 Thinker Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 340		I've found adobe for the PPC to be about useless. I actually thought 1.0 was a little more useable than 2.0. Pocket xpdf is good. I look forward to further development. __________________ Current setup: iPaq 6945. iPaq hx4705-awaiting repair. Previous Setups: Dell Axim x30 high with 256 MB SD card, iPaq 3765 w/CF expansion sleeve.

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