After being introduced to MobiPocket Reader, I was darned impressed with the way it displayed ebooks on my Zodiac. Fonts were crisp, all of the functionality of a traditional ebook reader was there, and I was happy.

However, MobiPocket's true power does not lie in its ability to display a better image on my Zodiac. Tonight, I installed MobiPocket's creator, apparently capapble of creating ebook content from a variety of sources. I installed this program with the hopes that somehow I might be able to get regular Promethean Logophile updates that I could read while not at my computer, since I often do not have adequate time to read everything I'd like to. What I got was much more than I bargained for.

I loaded the content creator, and much to my delight, I saw a very prominent option for converting RSS feeds to news articles. I hopped right in and dropped in PL's RSS URL. However, instead of getting the RSS feed dumped straight into some ugly file, they actually opened up the most recent PL post in their own web browser control. I was directed to click on blocks of text that I wanted to appear in each individual post. Quite skeptically, I clicked on the title of the latest post, and it instantly turned blue. So I figured I'd go for the author too, and sure enough, it worked out perfectly. In twenty seconds, I had created the layout for my new "ebook." I hurridly clicked through the rest of the brilliantly designed interface, and up popped the sample ebook. (screenshot below) Turns out its perfect, complete with a table of contents.

This might be old news for everyone, but I'm very happy that I will now be able to take some content with me on the road.