Okay, so here follows a detailed, step-by-step instruction to reading ebooks (in an 'easy-to-read' way) on your Nintendo DS, DS lite, DSi or DSi XL using one of the available NDS ebook-applications, known as DSlibris. You obviously need to already own a Nintendo DS console, since buying a new or used one would ultimately end with you spending as much or more money as you would have spent on an ebook-reader. Most new (and fancy) ebook-readers cost approximately around 270 EURO / 230 GBP / 370 USD, whereas the newest DS installment, the Nintendo DSi XL, cost approximately 120 EUR / 105 / GBP 170 USD. (Not yet counting Nintendo 3DS) 2.
To be able to view non-game files on your Nintendo DS, you need a FLASH CART, a microSD-card-holding device shaped as a Nintendo DS game, with which you can launch homebrew software enabling you to listen to music, watch movies or read books on your Nintendo DS. The flash carts I've specified in the video are: Acecard - M3 - R4 - EDGE - EZ-FLASH - Supercard - CycloDS - One of the best sites online from which you find the best and cheapest places in your vicinity from which you can order a flash cart is I own a CycloDS Evolution, but am thinking of also buying a Supercard DSTWO, of which I've heard the best. A really fancy flashcart would cost you up to 25 EUR / 22 GBP / 35 USD. Now you need the splendid software, DSlibris. The official site is located at and you can find downloads at or 4. Extract the dslibris-1.4.9.zip and copy-paste everything but the 'INSTALL.txt'-file into the root directory of your flash cart.
Almost finished. Now you need some ebooks.
I listed sites such as and (multilingual classics) and (Scandinavian classics), but anyone will do. (UPDATED) DSlibris can read both.xhtml AND.ePub file formats, which I neglected before due to being more familiar with the first format. For.ePub: -If your desired ebook is in another format than.ePub, you can convert it. -An ePub-converter is available at: Credits to youtube user Chagatron for pointing this good info out to me. For.xhtml: -Now you need to open up any sort of ebook-file you want to read and copy the text using the good old 'Ctrl + A'.
Dsi Xl Repair Manual eBooks Dsi Xl Repair Manual is available on. You can also read online by your internet browser. Dsi Xl PDF eBooks Keywords: Dsi Ebook. Kids as well as adult gamers always have their Nintendo DS - now the Nintendo 3DS - with them, so instead of just filling up on games, why not turn the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL into a portable eBook reader, allowing you to take your favourite books with you, and read them right on the same.
-Then you paste it into your OpenOffice Writer (OpenOffice is a free and splendid counterpart to Microsoft Office) -In the upper left corner of the OpenOffice Writer, choose 'File', then 'Export.' And save it as an.xhtml-file. -Now right-click on the new.xhtml-file and choose to open it with Notepad. -In the second or third line, find the phrase 'title xml:lang='en-US' '- no title specified/title'.
Replace the ' no title specified' with the ' Author: Title' of your ebook and save your file. Now drop your finished 'awesome ebook.xhtml' into the DSlibris' 'book'-folder in the root of your flash cart. Use the 'Safely Remove Hardware', plug your microSD-card into your flash cart, into your Nintendo DS, power up and find the DSlibris icon on the flash cart menu. Click it and then choose your book.
You're done, congratulations! The song played in the video is 'Rashiku' Ikimashou by the japanese artist Meu, and was used as the second ending song in the fourth season of Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon.
I received the following email from xendula: While looking for a b-day present for my nephew, I stumbled over the new Nintendo DSi XL on amazon.de. If you have a look at the video at the attached link*, you can tell that it is geared toward “Touch! Generations” folks: The colors are subtle, the stylus -emm – stylish, and Nintendo is advertising it heavily as an e-book reader, with its larger screen (93% larger than the DSi).
It is launching in Europe on March 5, this time BEFORE the Americas, which is very untypical. While (non English speaking) Europeans are still waiting for their type of Kindle, and already know that they will be left out of the ebook equation by Apple, Nintendo is offering an alternative, however limited. I noticed that in Germany, there are many more educational and adult non-gaming titles for the DS than in the US. There are English learning “games” for any age group, including some that adhere to school curricula, math games, elementary school games, career coaching, life coaching, travel books, etc.
There will also be a new classical book collection on launch date, and the option to download a handful more ebooks post-launch for free. It seems to me that Nintendo is trying to figure out the ebook market over there. Here is the for the Nintendo and here is an on it. The Amazon site is selling it for €179.99.
True, it won’t have a larger screen resolution, but should make viewing easier on the eyes nevertheless. My HTC HD has a 480×800 screen resolution. The same resolution on a larger screen would make reading easier. Anyway, at the moment, it is simply a portable gaming device with what they are trying to make appear as real ebook potential. I found the same video in a higher resolution here: I think the fact that Nintendo is looking into it and at least considering ebooks is pretty huge. I doubt this will happen, but if they can figure out a way to sell ebooks through their online channel, they could entice people who play games like Brain Age to spend more money on content. Right now, it appears that they are just testing the waters.
Another interesting bit is that they mention it coming with games and “apps” preinstalled. Nintendo eBooks? I’ve done a research project on eBooks, and I knew about eBooks on iPhones and Japanese cell phones, but I wasn’t expecting Nintendo eBooks. I shouldn’t be surprised, though, because eBooks are becoming more and more popular. Being a lover of books, I think it would be very convenient to be able to have a book handy on such a small device—for example, just pull out your iPhone and read something while waiting at an airport—but I’m more sentimental about printed books. When I read To Kill a Mockingbird, Pride and Prejudice, or the Bible, I would rather feel the paper brush against my fingers as I turn the page.
As for the DS eBook—I think it would be more worth it if I actually played with a DS on a regular basis. Sounds pretty cool, though!