Dictionaries are always unidirectional so Fr → En dictionary cannot be used in reverse - a separate En → Fr dictionary is needed for that. As a typical example, reading a book in Fr language, a word may be selected and asked to translate with Fr → En dictionary provided the appropriate dictionary is installed on the reader-device. When transferring documents to other device types, functions that are not supported on the device will be ignored, but the information one is reading will not be altered or deleted.Įach book has one or two language attribute(s) in the later case it is meant to be a dictionary. Those are usually managing of books and their metadata, assigning books to arbitrary categories, auto-scroll, rotate by 90° or 180°, bookmarks, custom hyperlinks within one or between different documents, highlighting, comments and by sketches. Mobipocket on a Psion Series 5 PDA (with further information)ĭepending on the device, different functions are available. A secure reading system, as a result of the encryption of eBooks using DRM and unique signature, a timestamp added to each book at the time of purchase.Each downloaded eBook is registered in the My Mobipocket personal virtual library, from which a user has access to any previously downloaded eBook. eBooks, including for each book a biography of the writer.A personalized press review using the Mobipocket Web Companion, an automated content extraction tool dedicated to press articles.On October 31, 2016, Amazon permanently shut down the Mobipocket website and servers. The status of Mobipocket digital rights management (DRM) content previously purchased by users remains unclear since no other ebook-reader supports its proprietary DRM method. In December 2011 Amazon reportedly officially notified the book publishers that it was ending support for Mobipocket.
It has been widely reported that since Amazon's acquisition of Mobipocket, software support, user support, and platform growth ended. There is also a reader for desktop computers running Microsoft Windows, which also works with computers running Mac OS X or Linux using Wine. Īn alpha release of the Java-based version of the Mobipocket reader became available for cellphones on June 30, 2008. Amazon's acquisition was believed to be a result of Adobe Systems' announcement that it would no longer sell its eBook-packaging and -serving software.
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