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How to Find eBooks to Read on a Palm PDA

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The Palm PDA offers a variety of applications in areas from business to entertainment. One very useful application is an eBook reader, which allows you to view electronic texts on your Palm. These texts may be educational materials, reference books or novels. Your choice is limited only by what titles you can find for your device. Here is how to download eBooks to read on a Palm PDA.

From Quick Guide: Using PDAs
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Internet access
  • Computer
  • Palm PDA
  1. Step 1

    Go to the Palm Web site (see link below).

  2. Step 2

    Click on the link for your country or region from the list shown. This will take you to the Palm home for your country or region.

  3. Step 3

    Click on the “Software” tab on the top menu of the Web site. This will open a new page.

  4. Step 4

    Click on the “eBook Store” link on the right menu. This will take you to the Palm eBook Store.

  5. Step 5

    Enter an eBook’s title, author or description in the search box on the left menu. Click “Search.” You can also click on the “Advanced Search” for more search options, such as entering a book’s ISBN number or searching within a category.

  6. Step 6

    Use “Browse by Author” on the left menu to see which authors have available titles in the store. Click on links under “Browse by Interest” to find what books are available on subjects that interest you.

  7. Step 7

    Try the Project Gutenberg Web site (see link below), which has thousands of free eBooks available for download. Enter an author, title or subject in the appropriate box on the right menu and click the “Go” button.

  8. Step 8

    Click on an author or a title until you reach the bibliographic record page for the book you want.

Tips & Warnings
  • Many eBooks for the Palm are in .pdb format. To read these eBooks, you need a program such as eReader. If you don’t have it, you can download eReader for free at eReader.com.
  • If you have eBooks in .txt format, you may find it useful to obtain software that can convert ordinary text files into .pdb files, such as AkPDB for the Windows desktop.
  • Project Gutenberg has free eBooks available in a variety of languages. To see what is available in your language, browse to the Online Book Catalog and click on the link for your language.
  • When you select an eBook at the Gutenberg Web site, be sure to download the Plucker version of the file. Project Gutenberg recommends that eBooks downloaded from its site for a Palm PDA be in the Plucker format.

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