[RANT ON]

Personally I stay away from eBook readers until they get it right (aka
perfect PDF reader, and I do not mind about active content, but at
least the static one should be displayed correctly). If a PDF has to
be tweaked or converted or anything like that, then the device is not
yet mature enough. This is somewhat similar to the early digital
players that was not able to play mp3 but some proprietary formats
only (including early iPods). Few years and I will considering a
reader for myself, until then I would buy a netbook instead.

[RANT OFF]

BTW Foxit has an ebook reader which I am wondering if that is any good?

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ebook/

Tamas



On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:01 PM, John Gardner <goflo3@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kindle firmware update 2.3.3 allows PDF files to be sent
> to the device without conversion to e-book file format. Or
> Amazon will convert them, for a small fee, or for free. See
> details on their website.
>
> Users report varying results, so YMMV. There are also
> commercial services which do file conversions.
>
> I spent my weekend figuring out the following hack...
>
> To convert old text-based files to PDFs readable on Kindle 2,
> on your PC, without mangling the format:
>
> Open the document in Wordpad.
>
> Click EDIT, then SELECT ALL, then the BOLD button. BOLD
> typically produces a more Kindle-friendly file. Or, you can specify
> font & size. Or both. You may have to experiment to find a font
> size which displays well on the Kindle.
>
> Do not save the file - You'll lose the formatting if you do.
>
> Instead, click FILE, then PRINT, then select "letter" format and
> "landscape" mode.
>
> Since you've previously installed Foxit PDF reader (free) and Foxit
> Creator (also free) the file will be converted to a pdf by Creator, which
> is a virtual printer. If you're not familiar with Foxit, the reader is small,
> & quite fast - Why I use it.
>
> To close Wordpad, click File, Close - It'll ask you "Save Changes"?
> Select "No", otherwise you'll lose your original file format. As usual,
> it's better to work with copies than source files...
>
> OK, now you've got a pdf to upload to the Kindle. I'm using Calibre
> (slow, but free). Add the book to Calibre's list, but do not convert it
> to e-book format - Make sure you've got auto-generation of e-books
> disabled. Click the sidebar to the "Send to Device" button,
> then select "Send to main memory in specific format". Scroll to the
> bottom of the pop-up and select "PDF".
>
> Eject the Kindle from your PC & inspect the result. To reconnect
> remove the USB plug for a second, then plug it back in. It takes
> several minutes for Calibre to go through it's handshaking rigamarole,
> a good time to convert another file :)
>
> If you know a better way I'd like to hear about it...
>
> Jack
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