I was sitting in a meeting the other morning waiting for it to start, and rather than go over my notes one more time, I read some of Yaro Starak’s Blog Profits Blueprint ebook on my phone. Because I don’t get much time these days to read, I use every free minute. It is one of the key reasons I went for the bigger screen of the Nokia e61:
I’m a big fan of ebooks - I’ve designed them, worked with them, and it would be a rare day when I don’t read at least part of an ebook. While the e61 is cool, it is smaller than my laptop, and infinitely more portable:
I tend to use Mobipocket Creator or Plucker to create ebooks, as they allow a richer experience than either of Microsoft Reader or Palm Reader format. Mobipocket works best where there is a linear progression throughout the book - start at chapter 1 and go through to The End, one chapter at a time. Plucker is an offline website browser, which is why it copes better with the thousands of cross-references in Schedule for PDA (that I helped to prototype and design).
Something to think about for your next phone purchase - there are a range of options that usefully support ebooks.
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