How To Read Ebooks On Your Cell Phone If It Doesn't Have An Ereader

Whew! How's that for a long title?

Actually, I've been trying to figure this out since I got my LG Rumor Touch last fall.  Great phone, but limited apps, and no ereader.  Now I'm not the sort of gal who walks around reading War and Peace on her cell phone, but it's nice to have a little something with you when you're in a doctor's waiting room or getting your oil changed and all they have to read is the July 2007 issue of People.  So I did some fishing around online about how to do this, and this is what I found. (Note: You must have a phone that can access the internet to do this.)

1. Find a site from which you can download ebooks in the EPUB (electronic publishing) format to your computer.  http://www.epubbooks.com/ is my favorite; there's tons of classic literature on this site that you can download for free!

2. Select and download your books-make note of the file names so you can find them easily on your computer.

3. Go to http://bookworm.oreilly.com/ and set up an account.

4. Upload your epub ebooks to your Bookworm account, then logout.

5.  Using your cell phone, log onto m.bookworm.oreilly.com (the mobile version of the site). Sign in.

6. Ta-da!  There's your list of books.  Click on the book you want to read, and click "next" in the lower right hand corner till you get to the text.

It really is pretty simple, and you'll end up with a list of great books to read anytime, anywhere-and you won't even have to use up and memory on your phone.  Enjoy!  :)