11-23-2007, 10:09 AM | #1 |
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When buying a book for the Cybook Gen3, what is the difference between a MobiPocket Book (MP) AND A MobiPocket Book (OD).
Can I purchase and read one of these formats in the MobiPocket Reader on my PC without purchaseing a Cybook Gen3? |
11-23-2007, 10:11 AM | #2 |
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Where did you see those acronyms?
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11-23-2007, 10:56 AM | #3 |
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Available file formats
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11-23-2007, 11:11 AM | #4 |
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eReader is definitely not compatible with MobiPocket. I'm not sure what's MP an OD, could be different publishers... I expect they both should be compatible with both Cybook and PC reader.
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11-23-2007, 02:23 PM | #5 |
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Reading the site, they appear to be different sources for MobiPocket books. The site allows you to register a different group of Mobi PIDs for "MP" and "OD" books.
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11-23-2007, 03:21 PM | #6 |
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What I want to know is do one of these Mobipocket formats (OD or MP) give decent sized images?
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11-23-2007, 05:03 PM | #7 |
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OD was mentioned in this thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...t=12951&page=8 "BooksOnBoard just turned up with some Mobipocket titles that can be downloaded right now. They're labeled Mobipocket OD. OD must be for Overdrive." |
11-24-2007, 04:33 AM | #8 |
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Why do you have such a bee in your bonnet about images, Jon? In how many books are images of vital importance to the reading experience? In most cases, images come out acceptably in a Mobi book.
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11-24-2007, 06:14 PM | #9 |
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actually images are vital to the reading experience nowadays. consumers are used to web pages, and text-only pages compete against pages with graphics.
For me, I am working on a book of erotic short stories containing tasteful images. obviously the text is the most important part of the story, but the images provide an extra thing to focus on. The big advantage to ebooks over print books is the fact that illustrations don't add to the cost of the ebook. that said, from what i read on mobileread these days, image support is improving, which is encouraging. |
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I was also wondering what "OD books" stands for on booksonboard.com, and I got this reply from their support:
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