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Rise Above is now available for your mobile devices and eReaders!
For those who are new to e-books, an e-book, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary of English, is "an electronic version of a printed book which can be read on a personal computer or hand-held device designed specifically for this purpose"
There are a number of standards for making e-books available. Weigh Down Ministries has currently chosen to make our publications availble in EPUB and Mobipocket formats.
View a free preview of the Rise Above eBook in PDF format, by clicking HERE.
Download your e-book copy of Rise Above today!
More Information
There are three main ways to view e-books:
- On an eReader such as Amazon's Kindle or Sony's Reader (click HERE for a comparison of eReaders)
- A mobile device such as an iPhone, Blackberry, etc.
- A desktop or portable computer with e-book reader software installed
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Questions & Answers
Q: What software is available to read e-books?
A: There are a number of applications and software packages offered for desktops and mobile devices. Here are some of the more popular ones below:
·For iPhones and iPod Touch, the most popular free application is Stanza from LexCycle.
·For other mobile devices such as Blackberry and Windows Mobile, the Mobipocket ebook Reader is a popular free application.
·Stanza and Mobipocket also make free applications available for your desktop computer (Mobipocket is Windows-based only at present).
·Two other popular free EPUB readers for PC and Mac are Adobe Digital Editions and Calibre.
Q: How Do I Get My Purchased E-book Moved Over to My eReader?
A: Since the Amazon Kindle is one of the more popular eReaders available, here is an example of how to get a Mobipocket Ebook onto your Kindle
(please see your product manual for further instructions)
Ebooks purchased from our store won't appear on your Kindle automatically, but are easy to put there using the USB cable that came with your Kindle or via email.
To add a Mobipocket (".mobi") Weigh Down Ebook to your Kindle:
- Turn your Kindle on
- Connect the Kindle to your computer using the USB cable that came with your Kindle
- Drag and drop the ".mobi" Ebook file into the folder on your Kindle
- When the USB activity indicator on your Kindle stops flashing, "Safely Remove Mass Storage Device" (Windows) or "Eject" (Mac) the Kindle from your computer
- When the USB activity indicator on your Kindle stops flashing, unplug the USB cable from your Kindle
- The Weigh Down Ebook should now appear in your Kindle library