Alcoholics Anonymous "Big Book"

Read the Big Book on Your Palm Pilot or Handspring Visor!

Download this as a free e-book in the Standard .pbd format for Palm type handheld PDA devices

Follow These Instructions

  1. Download the AABigBook.pdb (164K) and the PersonalStories.pdb (169K) here. (This will only use about 1/23th of the memory on a standard 8 meg Palm.)

  2. When prompted, select Save to Disk .

  3. Save these two files in the usual Palm add-on directory, typically  located at C:\Program Files\Palm\Add-on

  4. Once these are saved, click the Windows Start button, click Programs, click Palm Desktop, click Install tool

  5. Click the Add.... button, , highlight AABigBook.pdb and click the Open button.

  6. Click the Add.... button, , highlight PersonalStories.pdb and click the Open button.

  7. Next click the Done button.

  8. Click OK and HotSync: your Palm.

  9. If you have a reader installed on your Palm open it and either choose the AA Big Book or the AA Personal Stories and start reading.

  10. If you do not have a reader installed on your Palm you will need to get one.  There are several that are commercially available, generally from $15 to $35, most have a 15 to 30 day evaluation period .  A comprehensive list of available readers can be found at Memo Ware. some of my favorites are Express Reader DX for $19.95 with Web download, a free 30 day evaluation period and e-mailed registration code and Documents To Go for $29.95 a free 15 day evaluation period, for $49.95 you can get the Professional Edition: Allows you to VIEW and EDIT documents and recalculate spreadsheets on your handheld and synchronize these changes back to the desktop computer.  There are free readers such as iSilo Free available but they do not support bookmarks.  This shortcoming will make it difficult to navigate through these large books.

  11. Once you have chosen and installed a reader on your Palm, either choose the AA Big Book or the AA Personal Stories and start reading.

Check these AA links Alcoholics Anonymous Web Site , Big Book Concordance and Healing Resource Online

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