![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You could even build the test to compute the score when it was done. You could build a form into a Mobi ebook, or a test. The varying generations of apps had different levels of support, but they could all do some fun things. For example, the old Mobipocket format had extensive support for Javascript. But I still miss some of the features that Amazon left out. I know it’s not unusual for a company to buy a platform just to dismantle it for parts, and at least Amazon built the Kindle into a bigger and better thing. The Mobi app never happened, but I suspect that the app did show up 6 months later under the Kindle brand. I know that Mobipocket was supposed to get an iPhone app by December 2008 Martin Gorner (Mobipocket’s CEO) said that at the IDPF conference in May of that year. Damn.)Īnd when I say that the apps were pulled into the Kindle platform, I’m probably not wrong. (Unfortunately it looks like this easter egg was disabled in an update. You can embed certain types of music files into a Kindle ebook and the app will play them. Earlier this year I discovered that the Kindle for PC app inherited an easter egg from the old Mobipocket Desktop PC app. In fact, you used to be able to see bits and pieces of the old Mobipocket code sticking out. The file format, DRM, on-device ebookstore, reader apps, and even MobiGen (command line ebook creation tool) were all sucked into the Kindle. And of course only a few weeks ago Amazon killed off the remaining Mobipocket library ebooks when they brought the Kindle library ebooks online.Īmazon bought Mobipocket in 2005 and soon started dismantling it in order to use it to build the Kindle platform. Their support forums had long since been taken over by spammers, which shows that Amazon had pared the staff done to zip. This really comes as no surprise Mobipocket haven’t released any updated apps since 2008, and their payment service had been on the fritz since August. Mobipocket will not accept new eBook submissions for sale on or its affiliated retailers after and will stop all sales and remove your existing eBooks after Jan 2, 2012. To better serve authors, publishers and customers, Amazon is consolidating eBook sales & publishing to the Kindle Platform. If you’ve ever signed up to sell as ebook via then you probably got one. They sent out an email to publishers today. Amazon finally pulled the trigger today they announced the imminent demise of Mobipocket. ![]()
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