Enjoy your favorite books on your mobile phone with an e-reader application.
Carting books around can be a heavy prospect, and popular e-readers can cost hundreds of dollars. Take heart, book lovers. You can save money and lighten your load by converting your mobile phone into a mobile book reader with the right software. Many e-reader applications have already been developed for use on smartphones. Popular e-book readers, such as Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's NOOK, are available as applications for smartphones. Books in PDF, HTML and many other formats are available without digital-rights management software from e-book sites.
Instructions
Read Books on Your Phone Using Kindle
1. Download the Kindle application to your mobile phone. On Android, Windows Mobile and Apple devices, this application is located in their application markets. For BlackBerry devices, visit Amazon.com/KindleBB from your mobile Web browser.
2. Launch the downloaded Kindle application to complete the installation.
3. Log in to your Amazon account, or register for a new one if necessary.
4. Download e-books with the Kindle application or on Amazon's website.
5. Manage your e-books and mobile phone Kindle account on Amazon's website by selecting "Kindle" and "Manage Your Kindle."
6. Read books on your mobile phone by launching the Kindle application and selecting the book you want to read. Create bookmarks in the book as you read to save your progress.
Read DRM-Free Books on Your Phone
7. Prepare your mobile phone for the book you will be reading by downloading free e-book reading software, such as Adobe Reader.
8. Select a book in the correct format from an e-book site such as Smashwords.com. Smashwords has e-books available for download in PDF, HTML, JavaScript, .mobi, LRF, Palm Doc, RFT, plain text and several other formats.
9. Download e-books to your mobile phone from mobile e-book sites. You can also download e-books to your computer, then transfer them to your phone via email, Bluetooth or USB connection.
10. Open the e-book to read it on your mobile phone.
Read Books on Your Phone Using NOOK
11. Download the NOOK application from Barnes & Noble using the application market on your Android device or iPhone, or visit BN.com from your BlackBerry's Web browser and click "Download free B&N eReader App."
12. Launch the NOOK application and follow the on-screen instructions to register for or login to your Barnes & Noble account.
13. Press the sync icon in the upper right-hand corner of the screen to sync any previously purchased NOOK content.
14. Select "Shop" to browse new books to read on your phone.
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