mobi files

2013-01-02 Thread Tara Prakash
Dear all. I wasn't paying attention if this topic has been covered already. Is there some app that reads mobi format files on iPhone. At the risk of going off list, is there some way to read them on Windows? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group

RE: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone

2012-12-13 Thread Aman Singer
X. Aman -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jon Pierson Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 12:58 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone Hi, I just grabbed another .mobi file, rena

RE: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone

2012-12-13 Thread Jon Pierson
ct: RE: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone Hi, David and all. Both Epub and mobi files come with and without copy protection. For example, Smashwords.com sells unprotected epub and mobi files, Kobo sells copy-protected epub, and Amazon sells protected mobi generally, some publishers choose

RE: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone

2012-12-13 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, David and all. Both Epub and mobi files come with and without copy protection. For example, Smashwords.com sells unprotected epub and mobi files, Kobo sells copy-protected epub, and Amazon sells protected mobi generally, some publishers choose to sell without protection. The point is

Re: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone

2012-12-12 Thread David Chittenden
/Vu >> >> -----Original Message- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Teresa Cochran >> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 8:45 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Reading .mobi files on the iPh

Re: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone

2012-12-12 Thread Aman Singer
ars ago which has just never been > squashed? > Sign the Jaws "bugfix" petition at: > > http://hkc.im/Vu > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Aman Singer > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012

Re: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone

2012-12-12 Thread Aman Singer
googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Teresa Cochran > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 8:45 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone > > Ok. :) I'm not trying to open a can of worms, though I seem to do it all the > time without trying.

RE: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone

2012-12-11 Thread Jon Pierson
com Subject: Re: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone Ok. :) I'm not trying to open a can of worms, though I seem to do it all the time without trying. :) Teresa "We're made of star-stuff."--Carl Sagan On Dec 11, 2012, at 8:43 AM, Jon Pierson wrote: > Hi, > Oh, now dRM&

Re: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone

2012-12-11 Thread Teresa Cochran
has just never been > squashed? > Sign the Jaws "bugfix" petition at: > > http://hkc.im/Vu > > -Original Message- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Teresa Cochran > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 8:39 AM >

RE: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone

2012-12-11 Thread Jon Pierson
Hi, Oh, now dRM's a different animal entirely. I was just talking about vanilla .mobi files renamed to .epub and working fine in most readers I've tried. Jon - Have you ever had a technical issue with JFW that went unanswered? Or is your pet peave that one bug from years ago

Re: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone

2012-12-11 Thread Teresa Cochran
Are you talking about DRM? Teresa "We're made of star-stuff."--Carl Sagan On Dec 11, 2012, at 8:07 AM, Jon Pierson wrote: > Hi, > I have had good luck just renaming the .mobi files to .epub. > If it doesn't work in all cases, I haven't seen a

RE: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone

2012-12-11 Thread Jon Pierson
Hi, I have had good luck just renaming the .mobi files to .epub. If it doesn't work in all cases, I haven't seen a bad file yet doing this. Jon - Have you ever had a technical issue with JFW that went unanswered? Or is your pet peave that one bug from years ago which has just

Re: Reading .mobi files on the iPhone

2012-12-11 Thread Aman Singer
Hello. I know of no utility that will let you accessibly read mobi files on iOs. It is, however, easily possible to convert mobi files to epub which can, of course, be read in iBooks. The quickest and most private method of conversion which I've seen is through caliber. Try http://ca

Reading .mobi files on the iPhone

2012-11-10 Thread Wil James
I am loving reading .epub files with iBooks. I've recently accumulated a bunch of .mobi files, but cannot find an app that will let me view them. Does anyone know of some kind of conversion utility that will make them viewable in iBooks? Sent from Wil's iPhone 4S --