Using the Right Format for Mobile eBooks
Using the right format for ebooks is important when making mobile content. PDF is one of the best formats for a PC and it is possible to view PDF files on cell phones and other handheld devices.
The quality of a PDF file on your computer would be about the same on a cell phone except that you would have to scroll or use navigation to view a single PDF document page.
Using images in PDF documents, you may be able to view it but it depends on the mobile phones ram (random access memory). Some older mobile phones may have a problem with this and close the application.
It is important when putting together in the book in PDF form for mobile content, that you check it out by trying it on several different mobile phones or other handheld devices.
You can improve your customers viewing experience by offering your ebooks in different formats that can work on different cell phones. When putting your content together consider these different file formats.
PDF – This format is created by Adobe for acrobat products. This format will work with most mobile handheld devices.
DOC – This is an ms word document format that can be read on mobile phones.
PRC – Palm Resource File, can be read by smartphones and mobipocket for PDAs.
HTML – Hyper Text Markup Language is used for making pages for the web. Netfront, opera, and many other third party mobile browsers can read them.
By making sure that you design your ebooks in the best format, you can be sure that most people will have no problem reading it on their mobile device. Spending a little extra time to check out the quality and clarity of your eBook on different mobile phones will ensure that you put out a quality product.
The more mobile users become interested in accessing quality information from the Internet, the more technology will need to keep up with them. People are looking for instant gratification and being able to download whatever they want, wherever they are is becoming big business.
This is the time to get in on the mobile content bandwagon. When you offer your customers a quality product, they will keep coming back to you. This is why it’s important to start offering mobile content now and not wait until others have captured your potential customers.
The mobile content industry is growing by leaps and bounds every month so the sooner you get involved in offering this content, the better chance of your business has for succeeding and growing more every month.
For more information, visit PocketBrand.com
Ian del Carmen
CEO, PocketBrand.com
a division of Fireball LLC
Making Mobile Content Compatible for Handheld Devices
Today we will be discussing more about designing mobile content that is compatible with cell phones and PDAs.
Remember when producing mobile content to limit your graphics. Even though graphics are great way to make a website look great, they are difficult to work with on small screens. Since many handheld mobile devices only feature monochrome displays the color of your graphics will not come through as good as they do on the Internet.
Make sure that when you do use graphics that you utilize the Alt tags so that just in case your graphics are not displayed the text can explain what would appear. You want to make sure that you do not use any images on your site that are vital to making your content work.
Be very selective with your content. Make sure that you only use the most essential content. This way you can ensure that your content is easier to read or view.
Make sure that you stick with the standard HTML tags, as this will help to make sure that the application functions properly. Make sure to leave out any page elements that are not essential.
Try to make your pages short. You do not want your customers to have to scroll as this could make it difficult for them. There are also many handheld devices were the scrolling is limited. Your best bet is to split normal pages into multiple pages when designing your mobile content.
Whenever you develop a web site, games, ebooks, music, audios, videos, or any other mobile content, be sure to check it out on several different mobile devices to make sure it works properly.
You do not want offer your products and then find out it doesn’t work on most mobile phones. This could hurt your business and make it difficult to get customers to ever return.
Make sure that your mobile content is made up of quick, short, informative information. When people are viewing content on their mobile phone, they want it to be quick. Because the screen is small, they do not want to have to spend more time looking for what they want then is necessary.
It is important to make all your content specifically for mobile. It is important that your images are clear and that you have good quality sound. This will make your content users more interested in coming back to enjoy new additions and features.
Mobile content is quickly becoming a huge market. You can quickly acquire customers by offering them the lowest price and then optimize your cash flow by building a large subscriber list.
For more information, visit PocketBrand.com
Ian del Carmen
CEO, PocketBrand.com
a division of Fireball LLC
