We’ve mentioned this concept in the past to use your Zune as an eBook reader: convert the text of your content into images as a workaround. The idea isn’t limited to the Zune of course; there’s plenty of mobile devices that support pictures in various formats. The biggest challenge is getting that text converted to images in the first place. Storage capacity of your device is a close second in terms of this approach, but Digital Inspiration might have a free solution that addresses both issues.eBooks to Images from MerlinSoftware is a free Windows application that does all of the grunt work to convert text to images. The app opens up a PDF file, extracts the text and then creates image files of the content. You can specify the output file format and even the image size that best fits your mobile device. These two features will definitely help you minimize the amount of storage space required for your content, not to mention the elimination of scrolling through pages: just choose image sizes that match the screen size of your device.
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