Microsoft
Reader Books
By Chris De Herrera, Copyright 2000 -2003
Version 1.49 Revised 8/5/2003
Microsoft Reader

Microsoft Reader is available
on the
PC and Pocket PC. You can download it for the desktop.
Microsoft has not announced plans to offer a version for Palm-size PCs
or Handheld PCs. Feel free to e-mail your request to Microsoft for
additional versions at
[email protected].
Downloading Reader
eBooks
There is a problem with using
Netscape to download Reader eBooks. Netscape defaults to
downloading the Reader eBooks as text instead of binary files.
This corrupts the books and makes them unusable on the desktop or Pocket
PC. Internet Explorer users are able to download the Reader eBooks
without a problem. In the short run, you may want to use Internet
Explorer to download Reader eBooks to avoid the problem.
For websites that offer
Reader eBook downloads, you need to add mime binary support for .LIT
files. An example of how to do this for Apache web servers is to
add AddType reader/x-lit .lit to the .htaccess file in your root
directory.
Troubleshooting
Recommendations for Reader
- You can copy eBooks using ActiveSync, a PC
Card Reader or a CompactFlash Card Reader. There is no
conversion required to read eBooks on the Pocket PC.
- Close Reader before removing CompactFlash
cards with eBooks.
- I recommend closing the Reader application
before loading eBooks. If you don't then you may not see the new
books you have copied to your machine. According to
Microsoft, Reader scans for new books every 10 seconds.
- Do not load the Audible player in
your Pocket PC. If you do it may conflict with Reader and prevent it
from loading.
- A known issue regarding eBooks with
pictures with the Pocket PC 2000 and 2002 where the system runs out
of memory. This has been resolved in Windows Mobile 2003.
- If you purchase a DRM book, you need to
install
Reader version 2.2.2. Reader 2.2.2 is supported with
Windows Mobile 2003 and Pocket PC 2002.
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